Auction Catalogue

25 February 1999

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Arts Club  40 Dover St  London  W1S 4NP

Lot

№ 527

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25 February 1999

Hammer Price:
£270

Three: 2nd Class Air Mechanic A. C. Hawkins, Royal Flying Corps
1914 Star (1307 2/A.M., R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (1307 Pte., R.F.C.) together with Bronze Memorial Plaque (Arthur Charles Hawkins) nearly extremely fine (4) £200-250

Hawkins was a recruit and a direct entrant into the Royal Flying Corps on 15 July 1914. He was 2AM at the Recruit Depot in August and served in France from 7 November 1914 with No. 4 Squadron. He died of septicaemia on 5 February 1915 and is buried in Longuenesse (St Omer) Cemetery.