IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
GEORGE WHITE HAWKES, D.S.O., M.C.
(LATE) LIEUT. COLONEL 5TH ROYAL IRISH REGT.,
SOMETIME OF CARHUE AND OF SEAMOUNT, CARRIGALINE,
WHO DIED IN LONDON 3RD DEC. 1939, AGED 63.
The initials 'D.S.O.' and 'M.C.' stand for Distinguished Service Order and Military Cross respectively, being British military decorations. See also CO-CCCF-0037.
See also the Magourney Burial Register which has details of earlier deaths and burials of Hawkes family members.
George White Hawkes, D.S.O., M.C., came from a well known family who had land in Carhue (Coachford) and Carrigaline. He served in the 5th (Service} Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment in Gallipoli (Suvla Bay), Salonika, The Somme and Ypres. After the war he went to Canada, finally returning to live in Carrigaline. His wife, Emily Victoria Smith, was the daughter of the Dean of St. Finbarr’s, Cork. (Source: ACR Heritage).