William Beattie Hawkins

Other Events:

• Military: WW1
• Military: WW1
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-179573
• Immigration: 1912, , Canada
• Occupation: 1915, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; laborer
• Misfortune: 1918; killed in WW1

Notes:

Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Hawkins, of Hawick, Scotland; Husband of Annie Hawkins, of Hespeler, Ontario. Service Number: 730173 Age: 28 Force: Army Unit: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) Division: 4th Bn.

William Beattie Hawkins - The Canadian Virtual War Memorial - Veterans Affairs Canada. (2016). Veterans.gc.ca. Retrieved 23 May 2016, from https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/253090?William%20Beattie%20Hawkins

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Brother in law was Thomas Thompson

Military:
Hawkins, William Private. He enlisted at Hespeler, December 8, 1915 with the 111th Battalion. He was born in Scotland and his next of kin is Mrs. Annie Hawkins, Hespeler, Ontario.

Hawkins, William: Grace Schmidt Room Digital Collection. (2016). Vitacollections.ca. Retrieved 23 May 2016, from https://vitacollections.ca/kpl-gsr/2837195/data?n=1

Misfortune:
Tattooed labourer William Hawkins left his wife Annie in Hespeler (now Cambridge) to enlist in 1915. Shot in the shoulder, the Scottish-born soldier recovered.

Crossing 'no man's land' at Amiens, Hawkins and his comrades threw themselves into shell holes to dodge hidden German machine guns firing at them from nearby woods.

A grenade fired from an enemy rifle exploded in the hole. Badly wounded, Hawkins lived long enough for his comrades to dress his wounds. Under heavy fire, they could not carry him from the battlefield. He perished in the shell hole, dead at 30.

Outhit, J. (2018). At last, the end of the war was in sight. TheRecord.com. Retrieved 8 August 2018, from https://www.therecord.com/news-story/8805694-at-last-the-end-of-the-war-was-in-sight/

William — Ann. Ann was born 24 Sep 1888, Harwich, Scotland; died 9 Apr 1971, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 12 Apr 1971, Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]