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From: Ian Melton <>
Subject: [WW1] Re: GREATWAR-D Digest V01 #236
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 17:37:51 +0100
In-Reply-To: <200108062100.f76L0qB20819@lists7.rootsweb.com>


dear group
My mothers cousin was killed on 30 July 1916 during the battle of the
Somme. He was Private Frederick HAWES 19642 of the Essex Regiment. This
is
all that is known about him and has been gleaned from the CWGC
website.Can
any member provide further details of his service life and the movements
of
his regiment up to his death and beyond.
Another of my mothers family, her brother Alfred William HAWES enlisted
in
the Essex Yeomanry and served from 1915-1918. At some time during 1918
the
Regiment were engaged in a unknown action and sustained very heavy
losses,
so much so that the remnants were transferred to the Inniskilling
Fusiliers,
some say Dragoon Guards? It was while in action in October 1918 with his
new
regiment that he sustained injuries which caused paralysis and resulted
in
life confined to a wheelchair until his death in 1937. I would grateful
to
anyone who can supply details of these two actions.
One final request concerns yet another of mothers family, this time her
uncle, Sgt.Major Frank Forrester of the Royal Warwicks. In 1914 it is
thought he was called out of retirement, having been a serving soldier
all
his adult life, to help train the flood of new recruits. Can anyone
please
supply any background to these events and possibly advise on how to find
out
more about the Sgt.Major and his regiment,he is said to have seen action
in
the Boer War"
many thanks in advance
--
Ian Melton

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