A 13Th Battalion Memorial Cross - April 8Th 1917 Hold Hamfel RCAF - Canadian Volunteer

Hamfel RCAF - Canadian Volunteer Service Medal

He was piloting a Lancaster Mk I AS-Q ED731 with 166 RAF Squadron out of Kirmington

his Statement of Service in the Canadian Armed Forces

showing age and moderate use

A 13Th Battalion Memorial Cross - April 8Th 1917 Hold Hamfel RCAF - Canadian VolunteerA Canadian Memorial Cross awarded in remembrance of Private W. C. Hawkings, 13th (Royal Highlanders of Canada) Battalion, who was killed in action on Vimy Ridge on 8 April 1917 Canadian Memorial Cross, G. V. R., the reverse officially inscribed, 24724 Pte. W. C. Hawkings, good very fine. Footnote: William Charles Hawkings was born in Wellington, Somerset, on 30 June 1881. A Teamster by occupation and a member of the Royal Highlanders of Canada, he