Forename: William Ewart
Surname: Hawkins
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Fusiliers
Institution: Cheltenham Training College
Hawkins – Soccer team Printed Chelt October 1914 (UA35/2/48)
Report of death of W E Hawkins – Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 15 January 1916
1913 – 1915 Year Group (D340)
William Ewart Hawkins was a student at Cheltenham Training College from 1913 – 1915. He was originally from Milkwall in the Forest of Dean, and later Moreton-in-Marsh. He was a keen sportsman, playing football, rugby and cricket, and won several medals whilst at college for running.
He had enlisted on 11 December 1914, the same day as 32 fellow students, into the 19th Battalion Royal Fusiliers as a Private. William died of wounds on 31 December 1915, having been a grenade thrower. He is buried at Bethune Town Cemetery, France.