Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (F/L. W. E. Hodgins. R.A.F.) retaining rod replaced, light contact marks, otherwise very fine

Wilfred Ernest Hodgins was born in Canada in 1892, and medically qualified as M.C.P.S. and M.B. in Ontario, in 1916. He first saw service in the Royal Army Medical Corps, being Commissioned Temporary Lieutenant on 15 June 1916, and was promoted Captain on 15 June 1917. He served in Mesopotamia from July to December 1916, in India from 1916 to 1918, and then South Persia 1918 to 1920. For his services with the Royal Army Medical Corps he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 3 February 1920).

Hodgins was initially seconded to the Royal Air Force but was subsequently transferred to the Royal Air Force with a permanent commission in 1924. He rose through the ranks of the Medical Branch, R.A.F. becoming Deputy Principal Medical Officer, Home Command and was promoted to Wing Commander in 1935, and Group Captain on 1 July 1939. He is additionally entitled to the G.S.M. 1918-62, with clasp for South Persia, and the British War and Victory Medals, and is possibly also entitled to medals for service in the Second World War.

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