The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Leonard George Hatcher, of 7
Dorville Road, Hammersmith, Clerk in Charge, West Kensington Station,
District Railway, by his wife, Helen Johnston, dau. of Patrick Barry,
Member Institute Journalists; _b._ Shepherd’s Bush, London, W.,
2 Nov. 1898; educ. William Street Central School; was for some time
a member of the Hammersmith Branch of the Lads’ Naval Brigade, and
entered the Great Western Railway Co.’s service (Chief Accountant’s
Office) in March, 1914; joined the Rangers, 1914, and showed so much
keenness and energy in becoming efficient that he was selected for the
service battn. and was one of the first to join it. He went to France,
8 March, 1915, and was killed in action north-east of Ypres, 4 May,
1915, and was buried near Fortuin; _unm._
[Illustration: =Fraser Hatcher.=]
=HATCHER, GEORGE ERNEST=, Leading Stoker, 299240 (Dev.), H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HATFIELD, ROY BERRIMAN=, Lieut., 8th Battn. (Post Office Rifles)
The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of George Frederick Hatfield,
of 11, Bedford Square, London, and The Old Lighthouse, South Foreland,
Dover, Solicitor, by his wife, Ada Sophia Lucy, dau. of James Berriman
Tippetts, and grandson of the late Charles William Hatfield, of Hall
Cross, Doncaster; _b._ London, 6 Oct. 1885; educ. Merchant
Taylors’ School, and Brasenose College, Oxford; was admitted to the
Livery of the Merchant Taylors’ Company, 9 April, 1908, and a Solicitor
in Jan. 1912; and obtained a commission in the Post Office Rifles on --
Jan. 1912. In 1914 he was appointed Private Secretary and additional
A.D.C. to the Governor of Hong Kong with the local rank of Capt., but
on war being declared he applied for leave and rejoined his regt.,
and went to France with them on 17 March, 1915. At Festubert he was
acting as Bomb Officer; was mortally wounded while leading his men
down a German trench, 24 May, 1915, and died in the Bethune Hospital
the same day. He was buried in the Military Cemetery there. His
Commanding Officer wrote: “He had most gallantly led an attack when
he was mortally wounded. The success of our operations that night was
very largely due to the most gallant way in which Roy had organised
and arranged the bombers and gone into the minutest details with them
before starting off. Needless to say Roy is one of the greatest losses
the regt. has had, and will be mourned by all ranks.” He _m._ at
Marylebone, London, 7 April, 1914, Florence Elizabeth Elaine, dau. of
William Brownhill, of Dawson City, Alaska; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Roy Berriman Hatfield.=]
=HATHAWAY, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 1446, 4th Battn. East Yorkshire
Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Joseph Hathaway, of 17, Fleet Street,
Stepney Lane, Hull, Plasterer; _b._ Hull, 7 Aug. 1894; educ.
Beverley Road Council Schools there; was an employee in Messrs. Holmes’
Tannery, Hull; joined the 4th (Territorial Battn.) East Yorks Regt.,
in Feb. 1912; volunteered for active service on the outbreak of war;
went to France, and was reported missing after the fighting, 4 May,
1915, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on that day;
_unm._
=HATHORN, GEORGE HUGH VANS (“Jerry”)=, Lieut., R.M.L.I., eldest
_s._ of the late Charles Hugh Vans Hathorn, of Seconce Tea Estate,
Assam, by his wife, Emily Rose (5, Ravenlea Road, Folkestone), dau.
of the late Benjamin Bensley, and grandson of the late Admiral George
Hathorn, R.N.; _b._ Tezpur, Assam, 30 June, 1887; educ. Pretoria
House Preparatory School, Folkestone, and Dover College; joined the
R.M.L.I. 1 Sept. 1906, promoted Lieut. 1 July, 1907; served in the West
Indies, Gibraltar, and Home Waters; was appointed to H.M.S. Formidable,
25 Jan. 1914, and lost his life in the disaster to that ship, 1 Jan.
1915; _unm._ In forwarding the following report by Lieut. V. C.
V. Soutter, senior surviving executive officer of the Formidable, the
Admiralty added that had Lieut. Hathorn survived, an expression of
their appreciation of his conduct would have been conveyed to him. The
report is as follows: “Lieut. George H. V. Hathorn, Royal Marines,
collected volunteers and searched the Marines’ mess deck for any gear
that would float. At a time when things became critical, this officer
penetrated as far aft as the ward room, using the after hatch in the
port battery and aided solely by the light from a small electric torch.
His passage was greatly impeded by strung hammocks. His conduct was
extremely plucky, for he continued to work there collecting chairs,
etc., though it was apparent to all that the ship might capsize at any
moment without warning. To add to this, the water was at a dangerous
level on the starboard side of the same deck.” Hathorn had passed
for his Captaincy while in the West Indian Station. His yr. brother,
2nd Lieut. N. McD. Hathorn, was killed in action, 14 July, 1915 (see
following notice).
[Illustration: =George Hugh Vans Hathorn.=]
=HATHORN, NOEL McDOUALL=, 2nd Lieut., 76th Punjabis, Indian Army,
2nd _s._ of the late Charles Hugh Vans Hathorn, of Seconce Tea
Estate, Assam, by his wife, Emily Rose (5, Ravenlea Road, Folkestone),
dau. of the late Benjamin Bensley, and grandson of the late Admiral
George Hathorn, R.N.; _b._ Seconce, 26 Dec. 1891; educ. at
Pretoria House, Folkestone, Dover College, and Wye Agricultural
College; went to Ceylon tea planting in 1911; volunteered for service
on the outbreak of war; joined the Ceylon Contingent, and was sent to
Egypt. While there he was offered a commission in the Indian Army, and
was gazetted to the 76th Punjabis, then at Suez, Jan. 1915. From Suez
he was sent to the Persian Gulf, and was killed in action, being shot
through the forehead, near Nasar-i-yeh, Mesopotamia, 14 July, 1915;
_unm._ His colonel wrote to his mother as follows: “Your son was
shot when most gallantly leading his men, much ahead of them, and in so
doing had to swim a creek under fire. This was at night, and such fine
action requires not only great nerve and determination, but splendid
bravery in addition, and your boy has, I am gratified to learn, been
recommended by the General for posthumous honour. The regt., of which
I am proud, is proud of your son, and feels honoured that his name was
on our rolls.” While at Wye College he won the champion light-weight
boxing cup for one year, and in Ceylon was considered one of the
leading sportsmen of his district. He won the quarter-mile race in
record time for that country, and was one of the football fifteen for
his province. His elder brother, Lieut. G. H. V. Hathorn, R.M.L.I., was
lost in the Formidable, 1 Jan. 1915 (see preceding notice).
[Illustration: =Noel McDouall Hathorn.=]
=HATTERSLEY, HENRY WILLIAM=, Ordinary Seaman, S.S. 4739, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HATTON, LEONARD NELVINGTON=, P.O., 198556, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HAVERY, RALPH SAINT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2892), S.S.
100180, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HAWKES, JOHN CORNOCK=, Lieut., R.A.M.C., attd. 8th (Service)
Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 2nd _s._ of William Hawkes, of
Bank House, Castletown, Berehaven, co. Cork, Manager, Munster and
Leinster Bank, by his wife, Martha Elizabeth, eldest dau. of William
Gillman; _b._ Castletown aforesaid, 3 March, 1885; educ. Cork
Grammar School and Edinburgh University, and qualified as L.R.C.P., and
S.Ed., and L.R.F.P.S. Glas. in 1910, and then went as a Ship’s Surgeon
to West Africa, and afterwards to Canada. On the outbreak of war he
volunteered and was gazetted Lieut., Royal Army Medical Corps, 6 Dec.
1914, and went to the Front the following May. He was killed in action
at Hooge, 31 July, 1915, by a shell. His Col. wrote: “Your gallant son
was beloved by officers and men for his genial pleasant manner and his
genuine Irish wit, and his devotion to the wounded. He was a splendid
professional man, and the battn. has suffered a severe loss by his
death,” and Col. Thompson, writing on behalf of Surgeon-Gen. Porter,
Director of Medical Service: “He was killed instantaneously by a shell,
when advancing with his regt. near Hooge. They were about to take part
in an assault on some trenches previously lost by another brigade. He
bore the reputation of being a very gallant man, and one devoted to the
care and succour of the wounded. He has now joined our band of heroes
of the R.A.M.C., and his name will live on our annals and he himself in
our memories as one who has conferred honour on the corps.”
[Illustration: =John Cornock Hawkes.=]
=HAWKES, RUEBEN ERNEST=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9297), 203656 (Chatham),
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=HAWKINS, BENJAMIN=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111196, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HAWKINS, CHARLES FRANCIS=, Major, 46th Battery, Royal Field
Artillery, only _s._ of the Rev. William Webster Hawkins, of
Acomb, York, formerly, British Chaplain at Foochow, China, by his
wife, Kate, dau. of Philip Leyburn, of London; _b._ Amoy, China,
16 Jan. 1880; educ. Haileybury; joined the Royal Artillery from the
Militia, 17 March, 1900, and was promoted Lieut. 3 April, 1901, Captain
20 March, 1909 and Major 30 Oct. 1914; served (1) in the South African
War, 1901–2; took part in the operations in the Orange Free State,
March, and in the Transvaal, April-May, 1902 (Queen’s Medal with four
clasps); and (2) with the 1st Division Expeditionary Force in France
and Flanders, Aug. 1914–25 April, 1915, and was killed in action on the
latter date in France; _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles Francis Hawkins.=]
=HAWKINS, CHARLES VINCENT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B.
7332), S.S. 10225, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22
Sept. 1914.
=HAWKINS, FREDERICK ROBERT=, No. 5761, B Coy., 2nd Battn. Royal
Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of James Hawkins, of 2, Cumberland Street,
Staines, by his wife, Maria, dau. of William May; _b._ Egham
Hythe, co. Surrey, 22 June, 1881; enlisted Aug. 1897; served through
the South African war (Queen’s medal with five bars and King’s medal
with two bars), 1899–1902, and with the Mediterranean Expeditionary
Force at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action, 4 June, 1915;
_unm._ His eldest brother, William George, was killed in action
(see following notice), and two other brothers are now (1916) on active
service.
=HAWKINS, GEORGE AUGUSTUS=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 19106, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=HAWKINS, HAROLD GEORGE=, 2nd Lieut., 11th (Service) Battn.
Middlesex Regt., eldest _s._ of Francis Henry Hawkins, LL.B.,
Solicitor; Foreign Secretary, London Missionary Society, by his wife,
Frances Lydia, dau. of George Dugall, of Birmingham; _b._ Wrexham,
co. Denbigh, 10 Nov. 1890; educ. Colet House, Rhyl; Mill Hill School,
London (to which he obtained an open entrance scholarship in 1904), and
Hertford College, Oxford (where he obtained Open Classical Scholarship
and took the Honours School in Classics, July, 1914); gazetted 2nd
Lieut. to the 11th Middlesex, 22 Aug. 1914; went to the Front, 31 May,
1915, and died 24 July, 1915, of wounds received at Armentières on the
same day; _unm._ At School and College he had a good athletic
record and was captain of his College Hockey Team and played hockey for
the University.
[Illustration: =Harold George Hawkins.=]
=HAWKINS, LEONARD=, Corpl., No. 614, 5th Battn. (The London
Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Samuel James
Hawkins, of 109, Whipps Cross Road, Leytonstone, Printer, by his wife,
Lizzie, dau. of the late Thomas Hunt; _b._ Walthamstow, co. Essex,
13 Jan. 1891; educ. Newport Road Council School, Leyton, and the
Worshipful Company of Carpenters School, Stratford; was an Accountant’s
Clerk; enlisted early in Sept. 1914, after the outbreak of war;
promoted Corpl., Feb. 1915; went out to France with a draft, 14 March,
and was killed in action at Wieltje, during the Second Battle of Ypres,
13 May, 1915; _unm._ He was buried near the front trenches at
Wieltje. Letters speak of his having “done extremely well” and having
“died fighting bravely.”
=HAWKINS, LIONEL HOPE=, Lieut., 1st, attd. 6th, Dragoon Guards,
only _s._ of Isaac Thomas Hawkins, of 90, Drayton Gardens, S.W.,
C.E., late Colonial Civil Service, by his wife, Mary Hope, yst. dau. of
Richard Butterworth, of Lancaster; _b._ Chichester, 28 July, 1886;
educ. Waynfleet; Winchester, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,
and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Dragoon Guards, 2 Feb. 1907, going
to India with his regt. the following Nov., and was promoted Lieut.,
18 Feb. 1908. He passed his Captain’s examination in Oct. 1912, and
did good work with the signalling, having charge of a brigade for two
years. Being in England on leave when war broke out, he volunteered
and was attached to the 6th Dragoon Guards, and went to France, 15
Aug. 1914. He served through the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the
Marne and the Aisne, and was killed in action on the night of 31 Oct.-1
Nov., when the Germans broke through our lines between Messines and
Wytschaete in the 1st Battle of Ypres. The two forces had got mixed up,
and Lieut. Hawkins observing a party approaching the trench which he
held with his troop, got out of the trench and went forward. According
to a statement made by a brother officer they shouted “Don’t fire! We
are the London Scottish!” and he therefore continued to go forward. He
had not gone more than 30 yards when he fell, shot through the right
side. Two of his men immediately went out and brought him back to the
trench, and he was carried back by his own men and the London Scottish
towards Kemmel, but died shortly afterwards; _unm._ His Adjutant,
Capt. P.M.A. Kerans, wrote: “Your son, of whom we had all grown very
fond, was killed in an attack by the Germans in a line between Messines
and Wytschaete in Southern Belgium on the night of 31 Oct. and 1 Nov.
It appears that after the enemy had penetrated our line a party was
observed by your son approaching the trench which he held with his
troop. He ordered fire to open on them, but they shouted ‘Don’t fire,
we are the Scottish’ and he ordered his men to cease fire; himself,
bravely, but incautiously, got out of his trench and went towards them.
He had gone about 30 yards when the Germans--for it was the Germans and
not the London Scottish--opened fire and your son was seen to fall.
Two men at once went out and brought him back to the trench. He was
seen to be badly wounded in the right side and he was carried back by
our men and the London Scottish towards Kemmel. On reaching a place of
comparative safety two of the men went off to try and find a stretcher
and two remained with your son who died very shortly afterwards. He had
been unconscious from a few minutes after he had been hit and passed
quietly away. The men were unable to bury him then and were obliged
to leave him covered with a blanket at the edge of a wood, where I
have no doubt, he has since been buried, but as, unfortunately, the
Germans now hold the piece of ground, it has not been possible to do
what would otherwise have been done. You have lost a gallant son and
we a brave and well-beloved comrade who showed military qualities of
a high order”; and Major S. W. Webster: “The farm we held was rushed
by the Germans about midnight on 31 Oct. I at once went to the trench
in which your son was. We retired from there to some reserve trenches
about 200 yards in rear. I was there with him for about half an hour,
I then left him to go and see a troop who were holding a trench on
his right. After I had gone I believe he went forward a little to
see if they really were Germans, as he seemed to think they were our
own troops--it was pitch dark at the time. He was shot through the
body, and some of my own men carried him back. He died when they had
carried him about ½ mile to the rear. My man, Private Willings, then
left the body under a fence. It was impossible to recover the body
or even the wounded, as we had to evacuate the position at dawn. I
am perfectly certain from what the men told me, that your son died
within half an hour of his wound. It must seem strange to you, that we
could not recover the body, but we were fighting for our lives through
the night, in the pitch dark, over a front of at least half a mile.
Three of our own officers and many men were left behind, and we do not
even know if they are dead or prisoners.” Col. I. Annesley also wrote
(12 Dec.): “Had your son lived it would not have been long before he
earned great distinction, for he was very brave and a fine leader of
men. On the night of the poor fellow’s death there were so many heroic
actions on the part of my officers and men that it was impossible to
pick out anyone in particular as being better than his fellows. As I
say, had your son lived I should certainly have sent his name in for
consideration at a later period for his splendid work as a troop leader
from the beginning of hostilities, and I have written to this effect to
the Brigadier General Commanding the 4th Cavalry Brigade, as I now hold
a Staff appointment”; and Brigadier-General the Hon. Cecil Bingham,
4th Cavalry Brigade: “I only met your son, Lionel, when he became
attached to the 6th Dragoon Guards, but I got to know him pretty well,
and my regard for him grew as we got to know each other. During the
retirement, and subsequently, he had several difficult patrols to carry
out, and he always did his part with conspicuous success. He was a very
brave man, and was careful of the lives of his men. On the night of his
death, he, in company with many others, performed acts which redounded
to their everlasting credit, but you will understand that all cannot
be rewarded, the number was limited to two per unit, and a selection
made from the reports.” In India he was known as one of the finest polo
players, and was in the winning team of many tournaments, and besides
was a good all-round sportsman. He played cricket for his school, won
the steeplechase for his House at Winchester, and ran with his troop
in the Marathon Race in June, 1908, when they won the Harkness Shield.
“An excellent report which reflects great credit on Lieut. Hawkins,
the Signalling Officer,” was the remark of the G.O.C., Ambala Cavalry
Brigade, on Individual Tests, 31 March, 1913.
[Illustration: =Lionel Hope Hawkins.=]
=HAWKINS, WILLIAM DAVID=, Leading Seaman, 195918, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HAWKINS, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Private, No. 1901, 8th Battn. The
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of James Hawkins, of 2,
Cumberland Street, Staines, by his wife, Maria, dau. of William May;
was an old Volunteer; served with the Expeditionary Force in France,
was wounded at Hill 60, and died in King George’s Hospital, London,
28 June 1915. He _m._ at Egham, Surrey, Elizabeth, dau. of (--)
May, and had four children: Frederick, _b._ 23 Oct. 1899; William,
_b._ 25 Sept. 1900; Alfred, _b._ 9 Dec. 1902; and Bessie,
_b._ 22 March, 1901.
[Illustration: =William George Hawkins.=]
=HAWKRIDGE, JOHN=, Rifleman, No. 2358 C Coy. 1/17th Battn. (Poplar
and Stepney Rifles), The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Robert
Hawkridge, formerly of the ... Regt.; _b._ 21 Aug. 18--; and was
in the Special Reserve; joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles, 1 Sept.
1914; went to France, and was killed in action at Loos, 26 Sept. 1915.
Capt. E. A. B. Chandler wrote to his widow: “Our Battn. did its share
in the great advance and your husband too did his part in the very best
way, and it grieves me deeply to tell you that he fell while in the
front line.... The life and soul of his platoon, always full of fun,
‘Tosh,’ as he was called, is very much missed. Fearless, too, he was,
and I had often occasion to admire his coolness in dangerous positions.
As far as I know he lies near the chalk pit at Loos.” He _m._ at
St. Mark’s, Victoria Park, E., Daisy Florence (48, Mandeville Street,
Clapton Park, E.), dau. of (--), and had a dau., Florence Lilian,
_b._ 10 Jan. 1915.
[Illustration: =John Hawkridge.=]
=HAWORTH, BENJAMIN=, Signaller, No. 131, B Coy., 3rd Battn.
1st Division, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of Thomas
Haworth, of 29, Bridge Street, Freetown, Bury, Lancashire, by his wife,
Harriet, dau. of Thomas Ashworth, of Rossendale, Lancashire; _b._
Freetown, Bury, Lancashire, 21 Aug. 1891; educ. there; emigrated to
Australia early in 1913, and settled at Morisset, N.S.W.; volunteered
on the outbreak of war, and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary
Force in Aug. 1914, with his brother John Edward; left for Egypt on
the Euripides, 20 Oct.; went to the Dardanelles, 29 Mar. 1915, and
died of wounds received in action there, 9 Aug. 1915; _unm._
Buried at sea. His brothers, John Edward, now Sergt., No. 135, 3rd
Battn. Australian Expeditionary Force, and Corpl. James Arthur Haworth,
Machine Gun Section, 13th Battn. (5th Royal Highlanders), Canadian
Expeditionary Force, are now (1916) on active service.
=HAWORTH, FREDERICK=, Corpl No. 3210, 10th Battn. (Service) Rifle
Brigade, _s._ of Lister Haworth, of 10, Swan Street, Blackburn, by
his wife, Isabella, dau. of John Macmillan, of Ayr; _b._ 2 June,
1879; educ. Christ Church School there; was a weaver; joined the 5th
(Blackburn) Lancashire Artillery Volunteers in 1898, and was seventeen
years with them (Medal) and was a Corpl.; volunteered for Foreign
Service on the outbreak of war, 7 Sept. 1914. and died at the Isolation
Hospital, Aldershot, 31 Mar. 1915, of spotted fever], contracted while
training there. He _m._ at Christ Church, 1 Nov. 1902, Mary
Alice (16 Swan Street, Blackburn), dau. of Richard Lang, and left two
children: Maggie, _b._ 22 March, 1904; and Annie, _b._ 2 Feb.
1906.
[Illustration: =Frederick Haworth.=]
=HAYDEN, HARRY=, Rifleman, No. 2083, C Coy., 1st Battn. Rifle
Brigade, only _s._ of Arthur Hayden, of Haddiscoe, Great Yarmouth,
Norfolk, Signalman for 35 years on the Great Eastern Railway, by
his wife, Sybilla Smythe, dau. of William Edward Snare, of Brandon,
Suffolk; _b._ Weeting, co. Norfolk, 19 Jan. 1887; educ.
Somerleyton, Suffolk; enlisted at Winchester, 6 May, 1907; served in
Ireland 1907–08; India, Oct. 1908–Oct. 1914; and with the Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders, 8 Nov. 1914–15 March, 1915; was wounded
in action at Neuve Chapelle, on the latter date, and died in No. 2
British Red Cross Hospital at Rouen on the 17th; _unm._ Buried
in Rouen Cemetery. He was present as a special messenger at the Delhi
Durbar, 1911.
=HAYDON, LEONARD FLAXMAN LEE=, Private, No. 2446. 5th Battn. Royal
Sussex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late Flaxman Haydon,
of Blomfield House, London Wall, Chartered Accountant, by his wife,
Anne Juliana (760, Stanlake Road, Shepherd’s Bush), dau. of the late
Henry Lee Hogg, of Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, Surgeon; _b._
Coleridge House, Lady Margaret Road, Kentish Town, 6 Aug. 1886; educ.
Lewes Grammar School; was a Clerk in Barclays Bank, Lewes; enlisted,
Sept. 1914; went to France, 18 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action
at Richbourg L’Avoué, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ Major G. H. Courthope
wrote: “He and his comrades joined with the utmost gallantry in the
assault on the German lines at Richbourg L’Avoué. His dead body was
found not far from a road known as the cinder track, by search parties
of the Lahore Division. He and hundreds of others were buried close to
the Rue du Bois, and I am informed that all the graves are carefully
marked.”
[Illustration: =Leonard F. L. Haydon.=]
=HAYERS, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10686), 216178, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.