Orders, Decorations and Medals

Four: Stoker 1st Class A. E. Wilkins, Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division

1914 Star, with clasp (SS.104697 Sto. 1Cl., Hawke Bttn. R.N.D.), silver rosette on ribbon; British War and Victory Medals (S.S.104697 Sto.1, R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (SS.104697 Po.B.5063 Sto.1, R.F.R.) fine and better (4) £400-450

Alfred Edward Wilkins was born in Shoreditch, London. Serving as a Stoker in the Royal Navy from 1907, he was transferred to the R.F.R. in 1912. Returning to full-time duty with the onset of war, he served with the Hawke Battalion R.N.D. in the defence of Antwerp. Captured by the Germans in late 1914, he spent the remainder of the war as a prisoner at Doeberitz. Repatriated after the war, he was demobilized in June 1921. Sold with copied service details.