Ref ID: 7775
Name
John Hawthorne.
Description
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Certificate relating to Rifleman John Hawthorne.
Life Story
Name: John Armstrong Hawthorne.
Service Number: 9452.
Rank: Rifleman.
Battalion: 1st Battalion.
Regiment: Royal Irish Rifles.
Born: 1st November 1890, Lisburn, County Down.
Died: 17th March 1915.
Address: 56 Mossvale Street, Belfast
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John Hawthorne, son of John and Catherine Hawthorne, lived at 56 Mossvale Street, Shankill, Belfast
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The 1901 Ireland Census has John living at 170 Snugville Street, Shankill, Belfast with his mother, House Wife, father, D.O.B 1849, General Labourer, four sisters, Maria, 15 years, Doffer In Spinning Mill, Susan, 14 years, Doffer In Spinning Mill, Sarah, 12 years, Maggie, 8 years, and brother James, 5 years
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The 1911 Ireland Census has Johns family now living at 67 Glenwood Street, Shankill, Belfast
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Johns mother Catherine had sadly died on the 21st January 1909.
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John joined the Royal Irish Rifles.
He was posted as part of the British Expeditionary Force to France on the 6th November 1914.
John was a Rifleman in 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles when he was Killed In Action at Neuve Chapelle on the 17th of March 1915 aged 24 years
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Local newspapers state
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Mr John Hawthorne, 56 Mossvale Street, Belfast, has received notification that his son, Rifleman John Hawthorne, 1st Royal Irish Rifles, has been killed in action
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Johns Soldiers Effects were left to his father John.
A Pension Application Form shows Johns father as claimant.
His Dependant Pension Application Form shows his father as claimant also.
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John received the British War Medal, Victory Medal and 1914 Star.
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He is Remembered at Le Touret Memorial, France.
To Remember Is To Honour
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Theme
Shankill Roll of Honour
Date
0
Classification
Book or Journal,
Certificate/Permit,
Roll of Honour or Memorial
