Hi everyone,
I received a WW1 postcard as one of my birthday presents and I would really like to find out about the soldier that the postcard was addressed to. I would be grateful if anyone could please look up his details for me as I do not have access at the moment.
Private James Edward Hawkins, Regt. No. 39140, T W Battalion, 13th Bedfordshire Regiment, West Croydon.
Any advice would be most welcomed. Thank you.
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Thread: WW1 Postcard Research
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16-08-2017, 8:16 PM #1TitanicfanGuest
WW1 Postcard Research
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16-08-2017, 8:30 PM #2
Have you started with CWGC.org to see whether he survived the war?
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16-08-2017, 8:33 PM #3
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Hi
Some info from his army records 1917 Hounslow Middlesex
James Edward Hawkins 49 Bell Road, Hounslow age 38 years 10 months Occupation painter
Wife Rose Eliza Elsberry married 1909
Children Edward Harold born 1910, it says he was born in 1877
Peanut
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16-08-2017, 9:02 PM #4TitanicfanGuest
Thanks Lesley and Peanut for your helpful info. I checked the CWGC website and thankfully it seems he survived the war.
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17-08-2017, 3:58 PM #5
The address given in the 1911 census is 1 Hawthorne Cottages, Jersey Rd nr Hounslow. James, Rose & Edward all born Hounslow. However, it gives his occupation at that time as margarine packer.
If you want to search further, you can look for his birth and death certificates and trace the family through the 10 yearly census, back until 1841.
Watch out, there seems to be a second man with the same name around, so check whatever you find...
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27-08-2017, 3:45 PM #6TitanicfanGuest
Thank you for the info, Lesley. Luckily, I have free access today so I have downloaded the 1911 census.
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