Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Corporal F. A. Hawkes, Royal Naval Air Service, late Royal Air Force

1914 Star, with clasp (310495. F. A. Hawkes. A.M.1 Gr. R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals (313765 Cpl. F. A. Hawkes. R.A.F.) the VM renamed, mounted for wear, polished, some staining, nearly very fine (3) £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Recipients of the 1914 Star.

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Frank Andrew Hawkes was born in Battersea, London, on 19 January 1888 and enlisted in the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class on 18 July 1906. Promoted Stoker on 1 August 1907, he was rated Air Mechanic First Class on 1 July 1914 and served with the Royal Navy Air Service during the Great War, subsequently transferring to the Royal Air Force as a Founder Member on 1 April 1918.