Three: Private A. Hawkes, King’s Royal Rifle Corps

1914-15 Star (R-10678 Pte., K.R. Rif. C.); British War and Victory Medals (R-10678 Pte., K.R. Rif. C.), in card boxes of issue; together with Memorial Plaque (Alfred Hawkes), last good very fine, others extremely fine (4) £100-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals Formed by The Late A. A. Mount.

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Alfred Hawkes was born in Foulness, Essex and enlisted at Southend, Essex. Serving with the 10th Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps, he was killed in action, France / Flanders, 18 August 1917. His name is commemorated on the Menin Gate. He had previously been wounded during September 1916. Sold with some service and family details.