Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Stoker First Class E. Hawkins, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M.S. Hampshire was sunk on 5 June 1916

1914-15 Star (K.18738. E. Hawkins. Sto.1 R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.18738 E. Hawkins. Sto.1 R.N.); Memorial Plaque (Edward Hawkins) good very fine (4) £400-£500

Edward Hawkins was born in Reading, Berkshire, on 19 June 1889 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class on 24 April 1913. Posted to H.M.S. Hampshire on 27 January 1914, he was promoted Stoker First Class on 24 April 1914, and served in her during the Great War. He was killed in action when the Hampshire, conveying Field Marshal Lord Kitchener on a diplomatic mission to Russia, struck a German-mine off Orkney on 5 June 1916 and sank within 15 minutes with the loss of 737 lives. There were only 12 survivors. Hawkins is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

Sold with copied record of service and other research.