Footballing brothers exempted from military service


June 1, 1916
Two well-known Luton footballers Bob Hawkes and Fred Hawkes, both straw-hat manufacturers, have been exempted conditionally from military service on the ground of financial hardship.
(Ormskirk Advertiser: June 1, 1916)

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