Leonard Arthur Hawes

Leonard Arthur Hawes
Born(1892-07-22)22 July 1892
Throcking, Hertfordshire, England
Died7 August 1986(1986-08-07) (aged 94)
Petersfield, Hampshire, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
BranchBritish Army
Years of service1911–1945
RankMajor-general
Service number4767
UnitRoyal Artillery
CommandsSouth Midlands District (1942–45)
Battles / warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsCommander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Military Cross
Mentioned in Despatches
Order of the Crown of Italy
Other workDeputy lieutenant for West Sussex

Major-General Leonard Arthur Hawes, CBE, DSO, MC, DL (22 July 1892 − 7 August 1986) was a senior officer in the British Army who was responsible for preparing the transport to France of the British Expeditionary Force at the outbreak of the Second World War.[1][2]

Early life

Leonard Arthur Hawes was born on 22 July 1892 in Throcking, Hertfordshire. He was educated at Bedford Modern School[3] and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich,[1] from where he was commissioned into the Royal Garrison Artillery in December 1911.[4]

Military career

Hawes served in the First World War during which he was wounded, mentioned in despatches, and awarded the Distinguished Service Order,[5] the Military Cross and the Order of the Crown of Italy.[1][6] In May 1915 he was appointed as a staff captain.[7] In October 1919 he relinquished his appointment of a Deputy Assistant Adjutant General and was again made a staff captain.[8]

Attending the Staff College, Camberley, from 1925 to 1926, Hawes was promoted to colonel in June 1938, with seniority backdated to January 1936, and appointed a GSO1 at the War Office.[9] He served as a major general during the Second World War.[1][10][11] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of British Empire in 1940,[12] and retired from the army in August 1945 with the honorary rank of major general.[13]

Hawes was made a deputy lieutenant for West Sussex in 1977, where he died on 7 August 1986.[1] His private papers, including an unpublished autobiography, are held by the Imperial War Museum.[14][15]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Hawes, Maj.-Gen. Leonard Arthur, (22 July 1892–7 Aug. 1986), DL; Royal Artillery". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U165113. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1.
  2. ^ Alexander, Martin S. (13 November 2003). The Republic in Danger. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521524292. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  3. ^ Eagle News, Obituary in The Magazine of Old Bedford Modernians, Number 54, January 1987
  4. ^ "No. 28573". The London Gazette. 19 January 1912. p. 449.
  5. ^ "No. 30718". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 May 1918. p. 6495.
  6. ^ Montgomery, Brian (22 November 2010). A Field Marshal in the Family. Pen and Sword. ISBN 9781848844254. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  7. ^ "No. 29201". The London Gazette. 22 June 1915. p. 6021.
  8. ^ "No. 31603". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 October 1919. p. 12768.
  9. ^ "No. 34525". The London Gazette. 24 June 1938. p. 4077.
  10. ^ "2648 SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE" (PDF). Thegazette.co.uk. 9 May 1941. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  11. ^ Bond, Brian; Taylor, Michael (25 October 2001). The Battle for France & Flanders. Pen and Sword. ISBN 9781473812192. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  12. ^ "No. 34893". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 July 1940. p. 4250.
  13. ^ "No. 37209". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 August 1945. p. 4009.
  14. ^ "Private Papers Major General L Hawes CBE DSO MC DL (Documents.1576)". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  15. ^ "National Portrait Gallery – Person – Leonard Arthur Hawes". npg.org.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2015.

Further reading

  • Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.
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