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Military service
Service number:
110229
Age:
22
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)
Birth:
March 29, 1895
Death:
October 1, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Lucy Hawkes, of Whiteman's Green, Cuckfield, Sussex, England, and the late James Hawkes.
Digital gallery of Corporal Albert Edward Hawkes
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Sherbrooke Monument
Cover of the original program distributed at the unveiling of the Sherbrooke WWI memorial on November 7th, 1926, and two images of the monument. The monument was designed by Mr. G. W. Hill of Montreal, Quebec with bronze figures cast in Belgium and granite from the Stanstead district. The bronze Memorial tablet lists 249 names. -
Inscription
Inscription - Vimy Memorial, photo courtesy of Marg Liessens. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Albert Edward Hawkes British home child -
Memorial
Albert Edward Hawkes British home child Gibbs' Home, Sherbrooke -
Memorial
Albert Edward Hawkes British home child Gibbs' Home, Sherbrooke -
Roll of Honour
Albert Edward Hawkes British home child
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 100 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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