Name
Sidney Hawkins
28 Feb 1887
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
17/09/1915
28
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
18345
Bedfordshire Regiment
7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE
VIII. E. 7.
France
Headstone Inscription
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
UK & Other Memorials
Harpenden Town Memorial, Church of St Nicholas Memorial, Harpenden, Not on the St Albans memorials
Pre War
Sidney was born in Harpenden on 28 Feb 1887 to Ashram Hawkins, bricklayers labourer, and Lizzie (nee Harborne).
On the 1891 census the Family were living at Chapel Row, Harpenden. On the 1901 Census they were living at Heath Road, Harpenden and Sidney was employed at an India Rubber Factory. On the 1911 Census Sidney gave his occupation as a carman.
Wartime Service
Sidney enlisted in the Bedfordshire Regiment as Private 18345 in the 7th (Service) Battalion and went to France with the Battalion on 26 Jul 1915.
They were deployed on the Somme in the area of Bazentin-le-Petit when Sidney was killed in action on 17 Sep 1915.
Additional Information
His father, Mr A Hawkins, Waters Cottage, East Common, Harpenden, Herts., ordered his headstone inscription: “GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN”.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Gareth Hughes, Jonty Wild, Mary Skinner, Harpenden & District Local History Society (www.harpenden-history.org.uk)
