Medals awarded to Shipwright 3^rd Class Alfred Gordon Hawkins

Sadly he was killed in action when HMS Barham was torpedoed

Also included ….

His medal award certificate

A old postcard of Barham (small piece missing see photos)

Two modern postcards

An envelope sent by a member of the crew (not sure which crew member sent it)

Barham took part in the battle of Jutland during WW1

The ship was sunk by German Submarine U331 in 1941 off the coast of Egypt.

Shortly after being torpedoed there was a massive magazine explosion and 862 men lost their lives

I am selling some other items relating to HMS Barham

Thanks for looking