Trafford

Born during the December quarter 1876 in the Guisbrough R.D. - ref: 9d/498,
the youngest son of John & Ann Hawton.

1881 Census - 25 Teneriffe Street, Broughton, Salford.   Son - aged: 4 -
born: Yorkshire.   Head of household - John Hawton - Married - aged: 50 -
occ: Carpenter - born: Horsebridge, Sussex.   Also Ann Hawton - Wife -
aged: 49 - born: Stoke Climsland, Cornwall.   Plus 5 elder siblings and 1
boarder.

1891 Census - 244 Moss Lane East, Moss Side, Manchester.   Son - aged 14 -
occ: Apprentice to General Warehouse - born: Boosbeck, Yorkshire.   Head of
household - John Hawton - Married - aged: 60 - occ: Carpenter - born:
Horsebridge, Sussex.   Also Ann Hawton - Wife - aged: 59 - born: Stoke,
Cornwall.   Plus 4 elder siblings, a brother in law and a nephew.

1901 Census - 272 Moss Lane, Moss Side, Manchester.    Son - aged: 24 -
occ: Mortgage Broker - born: Boosbeck, Yorkshire.    Head of household -
John Hawton - Married - aged: 70 - occ: Joiner - born: Devon ???.   Also
Ann Hawton - Wife - aged: 69 - born: Cornwall.   Plus 1 elder sister, a
visitor and a domestic servant.

Married Emma Wentworth during the December quarter 1902 in the Chorlton
R.D. - ref: 8c/1413.    

1911 Census - 59 Warner Road, Walthamstow, Essex.   Head of household -
Married - aged: 31 - occ: Stock & Share Dealer (Employer)- born: Boosbeck,
Yorkshire.   Plus one single 29 year old domestic servant and her 7 year
old child.   Emma was residing at 128 Hyde Road, Ardwick, Manchester -
Married - aged: 41 - born: Laceby, Lincolnshire.

Augustus enlisted in London into the 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade that was
part on the 11th Brigade, 4th Division.   The Battalion rested at
Ploegsteert and Armentieres between tours in the front line.  On the 15th
April 1915, they moved to billets on the Bailleul-Steenwerck Road   On the
24th they entrained at Steenwerck for Poperinghe and from there marched to
bivouacs near Busseboom.  On the 25th they moved to vlameringhe, then
forward to St. Jean and positions near Fortuin.  They held the line under
constant shelling and dug in on the northern slopes of Hill 37 on the 28th.
  They suffered 253 casualties between the 25th and 28th.  The day after
Augustus was killed, the Battalion withdrew to bivouacs south-west of
Elverdinghe.  Eight of their number were killed on the 2nd May.

Listed in the Guardian Year Book - Roll of Honour for 1916, which states
that he was serving with the London Rifle Brigade.

By the end of the War, his parents had moved to 26 Sefton Road, Sale and
his widow was residing at 53 Weymouth Street, Chorlton on Medlock,
Manchester.