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Rfmn. Arthur George Hawley

British Army 7th (Service) Btn. King Royal Rifle Corps

from:Bishop St, Birmingham

(d.30th Jul 1915)

Rfn. Arthur George Hawley was born in Birmingham and was employed as a cabinet maker. He enlisted in the Army on 22nd Aug 1914 and joined the 7th Btn. KRRC. He was sent to France with his Btn on 19th May 1915 and was eventually occupying trenches in the Ypres area. Rfn. Hawley was killed in action in the trenches to the North of Sanctuary Wood near the Hooge Crater on 30th Jul 1915 during a day of intensive fighting. He is one of the 114 members of 7th Btn KRRC killed on that day and is commemorated along with others of his Btn on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial.



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