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Pte. Alfred Samuel Hawkins
British Army Yeomanry 1st/1st Sqd. West Somerset Yeomanry
Alfred Samuel Hawkins lied about his age and joined up in 1915 to serve with the West Somerset Yeomanry. The records say he went out on the Olympic (sister ship Titanic) to Gallipoli in August 1915 landing at Suvla Bay. He spent periods in Reserve and also on the front line eventually in January 1916 covering the British withdrawal. Like a lot of other Yeomanry regts They served as dismounted infantry but still retained cavalry ranks and organisation. The regiment was evacuated to Egypt.
Pte. A.S. Hawkins was invalided out in March 1917 through illness. We don't know if he fought at Gaza with his regimentt. His service record is missing - one of those destroyed in WW2 but his medal card exists. After the war he became a farmer eventually buying his own farm in Bitton near Bristol.
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