Eric William Valentine Hawes

1921: 46 Gipsy Hill

Recorded as Eric Hawes, aged 12 years 4 months, a boarder in Charles S. Bradley’s household, with Walter, Nellie and the four Hawes children. He is recorded in whole-time education, with both parents alive. View the original census and household transcription →

1911 census: Anerley

The supplied household transcript for 125a Croydon Road, Anerley S E, lists Eric Hawes, aged two, as a visitor alongside Walter, Frances and George. This records their presence on census night, rather than proving their usual residence.

1911 household transcript and research notes →

1939: 46 Gipsy Hill

The supplied 1939 Register extract records Eric V Hawes, male, single, born 14 February 1909. The accompanying transcript places him at 46 Gipsy Hill, Lambeth, schedule 150, sub-schedule 3, line 42, enumeration district ANRE. His occupation reads “Store Keeper”, followed by an incomplete phrase appearing to begin “Head Ware…”. The remainder cannot be established from this cropped image. This provides documentary support for the birth date previously supplied by the family.

Marriage to Kathleen, 1942

A supplied England & Wales Civil Registration Marriage Index entry records Eric W V Hawes marrying Kathleen B Rumary in Lambeth in the April–June quarter of 1942, volume 1d, page 321. This supports the family identification of Kathleen Beatrice Rumary as Eric’s wife. The entry’s displayed “Apr 1942” is a quarterly index convention, not proof of an April wedding. The exact date and venue require the marriage certificate or register.

Wedding photograph and marriage-index reference →

Birth and baptism

The England and Wales birth index lists Eric William V Hawes, Croydon district, quarter 1 of 1909, volume 2A, page 344. The maiden-name field is blank in the supplied extract; this does not disprove the family identification of Frances Ellen “Nellie” Creese as his mother. The baptism date comes from the family records and the register has not been independently checked.

Family connections

The family records name Kathleen Beatrice Rumary as Eric’s wife. A family wedding photograph survives. Family-supplied research identifies his younger siblings as George W., Gladys Madeline (known as Sally) and Mary.

Work at Buckingham Palace

Family testimony identifies Eric as a messenger at Buckingham Palace during the 1970s. His exact employment dates, duties and employing department remain to be established. A family-held acknowledgement of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip’s Silver Wedding anniversary in 1972 has additional contextual significance, but the letter alone does not establish how Eric received it. A separate family branch also includes James (surname not yet supplied), who worked as a Palace Constable; he is not being added to the Hawes pedigree without verified family connections.

Preserving family privacy

Details of living descendants and private family records are not published on this public website.