William Beattie Hawkins

1888 - 1918  (30 years)

• Name	William Beattie Hawkins
  Born	12 May 1888	Hawick, , Roxburgh, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW1  [1]
  	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
  		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
  Military	WW1
  Immigration	1912	, Canada
  		Hawkins,WilliamBeattie-BorderCrossingCard.jpg
  Occupation	1915	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	laborer
  Misfortune	1918
  	killed in WW1
  	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/
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-179573
  Died	8 Aug 1918	, France
  Buried	Crucifix Corner Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, , Picardie, France
  Person ID	I179573	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family	Ann,   b. 24 Sep 1888, Harwich, Scotland ,   d. 9 Apr 1971, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F258698	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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 ______________________ Brother in law was Thomas Thompson

  
  

• Sources

  [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers. William Hawkins Birth Date: 12 May 1888 Birth Location: Hawich, Scotland Residence: Hespeler Relative: Annie Hawkins Relationship: Wife Regiment Number: 730173

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 May 1888 - Hawick, , Roxburgh, Scotland Immigration - 1912 - , Canada Occupation - laborer - 1915 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 8 Aug 1918 - , France Buried - - Crucifix Corner Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, , Picardie, France  = Link to Google Earth