Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Chief Petty Officer H. W. Hawksbee, Royal Navy

China 1900, no clasp (H. W. Hawksbee. P.O. 2 Cl., H.M.S. Wallaroo.) rate officially corrected; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (149600 H. W. Hawksbee, P.O. 1 Cl, H.M.S. Egmont.) polished and lacquered, good very fine (2) £180-£220

William Henry Hawksbee was born in Shoreditch, London, on 26 August 1873 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 3 June 1889. Advanced Petty Officer Second Class on 1 April 1898, he served in H.M.S. Wallaroo from 16 February 1900, and was advanced Petty Officer First Class on 20 April 1901. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 23 January 1911, and was promoted Chief Petty Officer on 1 October 1912. He was shore pensioned on 26 August 1913, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve at Portsmouth the following day.

Recalled for War service on 2 August 1914, Hawksbee served in various shore based establishments, and was demobilised on 18 April 1919.