Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Chief Petty Officer G. R. Hawking, Royal Navy

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Witu 1890 (G. R. Hawking, A. B., H.M.S. Turquoise.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (G. R. Hawking, C.P.O., H.M.S. Cambrian.), good very fine (2) £240-£280

George Richard Hawking was born in Cornwall on 17 November 1869 and entered naval service on 19 November 1885 as a Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. Lion, being drafted as a Boy 1st Class to H.M.S. Turquoise on 29 September 1887, serving in her until 25 June 1891. Having been awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal whilst serving in H.M.S. Cambrian on 28 January 1903, he was pensioned as a Chief Petty Officer from H.M.S. Defiance in November 1909. Joining the Royal Fleet Reserve, he served in H.M. Ships Halycon, Defiance and Apollo during the Great War.