Sergeant Major W. Hawkin's Sports Awards

Sergeant Major W. Hawkins’ Shooting Awards

Sergeant Major William Hawkins Shot at the Bisley competition in 1913 and 1914 before the competition was suspended during the years of the First World War. In the 1913 competition he won the most coveted award for marksmanship in the world, The King’s Prize. A shooting position that he introduced in the competition was so effective that it was named after him.

1. 1913 Camp Perry OHIO USA ribbon

2. International Shooting Tournament USA N.R.A

3. Ellis Bros QOR Regimental match 1925

4. TGIBEL Champion

5. N.R.A. Palma 1913 Team Member

6. ORA London Merchants 1913-1932

7. N.R.A. Bisley shoulder patch 1913

8. Bisley Team pin 1913

9/10. Bisley shoulder patch (1913/30)

11. MacGregor Club Cup 1918

12. St JRA medal 1919

13. St.George’s match 1921 patch?

14. St.Patrick’s match 1913 patch?

15. Palma NRA Match 1913 patch?

16.ORA Bisley Grand Aggregate medal 1913

17. NRA Rifle Club

18. The Gibson Medal Col J.M. Gibson Lt-Governor of Ontario

19. C.R.League 1922 presented by LCol Edwards DSO ADC Pres.

20. Prince of Wales match 1927 patch?

21/22. N.R.A Life Member coins

23. Dominion of Canada Rifle Association Life Member coin

24. ORA coin presented by the City of Toronto 1923

25. NRA coin Overseas commemorative medal Bisley Match 1924

26. D of CRA coin United States vs. Canada 1924

27. D of CRA London Merchants 1928/32 coins

28. ORA commemorative coin, Duke and Duchess Cornwall and Yorks visit 1901 (1912/22).

Associated place
Various Locations
Associated event
Various Competition
Associated name(s)
Sergeant Major W. Hawkin
Era
1891 – 1913 Early years, 1914 – 1919 (WW 1), 1920 – 1938 Interwar period
Location of artifact
Case 21/22 Sports
Classification
Trophies
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