Education
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
Leonard Arthur Hawes was born on 22 July 1892 in Throcking, Hertfordshire. He was educated at Bedford Modern School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He served as a Major-General during World World War World War II Hawes was made a Deputy Lieutenant for West Sussex in 1977 where he died on 7 August 1986.
His private papers, including an unpublished autobiography, are held at the Imperial War Museum.