Canadian Virtual War Memorial
John Aylesford Hawkes
In memory of:
Private John Aylesford Hawkes
October 21, 1917
Military Service
687312
18
Army
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
47th Bn.
Additional Information
Son of John Aylesford Hawkes and Edith Hawkes, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Enlisted in 172nd Rocky Mountain Rangers.
Commemorated on Page 253 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BELGIAN BATTERY CORNER CEMETERY
Belgium
II. F. 14.
BELGIAN BATTERY CORNER CEMETERY is located 2 Km south west of Ieper town centre, on a road called Omloopstraat, a road leading from the Dikkebusseweg. From Ieper town centre the Dikkebusseweg (N375), is reached via Elverdingsestraat, straight over a roundabout onto J. Capronstraat (for 30 metres), then left along M. Fochlaan. Immediately after the train station, the first right hand turning is the Dikkebusseweg. 1.5 Km along the Dikkebusseweg is the right hand turning onto the Frezenbergstraat. 200 metres further on the right hand side is Omloopstraat. The BELGIAN BATTERY CORNER CEMETERY is located immediately on the right hand side of the Omloopstraat.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Details
Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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