Leading Signalman George HAWKES
| Died on: | 12 March 1917 |
| Aged: | 22 |
George Hawkes was born on 27 October 1894 at Huntingdon. He lived with his parents, Edwin and Clara Hawkes, at Brampton, Huntingdonshire, where his father was a farrier. Before joining the Royal Navy he worked in a bicycle workshop.
He joined the service at HMS GANGES on 22 January 1911 as a Boy Signalman 2nd Class, rising to 1st Class on 21 August of that year. He was rated Ordinary Signalman on 27 October 1912, Signalman on 15 November 1913 and Leading Signalman on 15 November 1913.
He is commemorated on panel 22 of the Chatham Naval Memorial and on the war memorial in St Mary Magdalene church, Brampton..
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