Private George Hawkins

Army Number : 71133 (formerly 29057, North Staffordshire Regiment)

Battalion : 1/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Longton, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire. Husband of Emma Hawkins, of 159, Sutherland Road, Longton. He enlisted at Longton. He was killed in action, 29th August 1917, aged 40, whilst serving in the line at Philosophe, France.

Buried: Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, France. Plot 1. Row V. Grave 15.

Private George Hawkins is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Longton War Memorial, Longton, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire.