claymore123 Posted 3 January , 2011 Share Posted 3 January , 2011 I have a group to Lt. Albert Gordon Jones Hawkins consisting of MBE (Mil), BWM and Victory with MID and a Belgium Croix de Guerre. According to his MIC he was attached to 36th Ulster Div HQ as an Intelligence Officer. Apart from various LG entries which support the medals including 2 x MID's (20.5.18 and 20.12.18) I can find nothing else about him. Two seperate professional searches have yielded no service papers. He cleary had an interesting career and I would love to find about more information about him. Any information gratefully recieved. Claymore123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin ss002d6252 Posted 3 January , 2011 Admin Share Posted 3 January , 2011 He was born abt 1888 in Bidford, Bedfordshire and died 10 Jan 1975 in Uckfield, Sussex. The National Archives do hold records on him - http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=1602418 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raster Scanning Posted 23 January , 2011 Share Posted 23 January , 2011 No such place in Bedfordshire, I suggest it should be Bedford! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esskay Posted 23 January , 2011 Share Posted 23 January , 2011 Certainly registered in the Bedford district Apr/May/Jun qtr of 1888 - also while his death was registerd in Uckfield district in the Jan/Feb/Mar qtr of 1975 - the reference to 10th Jan I think you'll find is the date given at the time of registration for his birth - which shows as 10 Ja 1888 Cheers Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonmate Posted 23 January , 2011 Share Posted 23 January , 2011 Claymore I will take a (non-professional) look at the file this week,if you wish that,time and availability permitting ! Sotonmate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonmate Posted 26 January , 2011 Share Posted 26 January , 2011 Claymore A few salient notes from a somewhat skimpy file WO339/20112.You may have to make your own sequence as I am typing from notes as made. Born 10 Jan 1888 Bedford. Lived at 16 Clarendon Road. His papers show he was educated at Christ's College Cambridge and that he was an electrical engineer.He was a Lt in the OTC at Eastbourne College from 22 Jun 1910 to 20 Aug 1913. Whilst at OTC passed "A&B exams" for Captain.No mention as to why he was at that College. 27 Jun 1915 joined Battalion (unspecified) in France. 1 August GSW to hand. 3 August Scalp wound. 5 August to be Temp Lt. 16 August rejoined Bn after recovering from wounds. 19 September Captain,and Adjutant of Bn from 31 October. 26 August 1916 attached to 189 Brigade 63 (RN) Division. 16 October to Branch/Brigade (?unclear writing) HQ 63 Division. 21 December Temp Lt.Colonel for holding an appointment as Commandant 63 Division School. 4 April 1917 To be Captain and remain seconded to the School. 15 April Arrived HQ XIII Corps from 63 Division School. 21 April Relinquished Temp rank of Lt Colonel from when Commandant of 63 Division School. Seconded to XIII Corps School as Commandant of Musketry and Reinforcements(Captain). 7 November Mentioned in Haig's Despatch. 5 January 1918 From XIII Coprs School to French Army for 2 week Course. Prior to Demob acted as Intelligence Officer for 36 Division HQ. Demob 19 March 1919. Sotonmate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claymore123 Posted 2 February , 2011 Author Share Posted 2 February , 2011 Hi Sotonmate, Apologies for not replying sooner but I was out of the country for a few days however many thanks for your notes. I am most surprised at the temporary Lt. Col rank but this certainly gives me something to go and will try to go to the National Archives and pull the file. Thanks again. Claymore123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonmate Posted 2 February , 2011 Share Posted 2 February , 2011 C123 You will get little extra to what I have told you ! I have picked the salient points out. Of course you may want to photo all the pages. Sotonmate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piorun Posted 3 February , 2011 Share Posted 3 February , 2011 The temp Lt/Col rank was likely so that he wasn't outranked by Naval Officers under his command (a Captain in the Navy is of higher rank than a Captain in the Army). The sparse notes in his file are quite typical of Intelligence personnel. Antony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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