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Gunner G A HAWKINS

Service Number: 96501
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

254th Siege Bty.

Date of Death

Died 20 September 1917

Buried or commemorated at

BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY

IV. H. 25.

Belgium

Famous Sportsmen Headstones, athletics: Gunner G A Hawkins in Bard Cottage Cemetery, Belgium. Finished fourth in the 200m at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, the first Briton to reach an Olympic sprint final.

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
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Buried or commemorated at

BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1645
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