1941 March Quarter death registration-
Name: Hawkins, George W. S.---Age: 29
District: Bodmin (Volume & Page: 5c & 216)

On the evening of Saturday, January 25, 1941, Luftwaffe aircraft bombers attacked RAF St. Eval. The Germans dropped not only bombs, but also hundreds of incendiaries which lit up the entire RAF base. The attack and destruction, which could be seen for miles around, caused the death of 21 airmen who perished when a bomb hit their shelter area. Badly injured, one survivor later died in hospital.
The twenty-two airmen who lost their lives in that bombing attack were-
Aircraftman 2nd Class Edgar Frank MARTIN,
Pilot Officer Cecil Wheadon NOEL,
Aircraftman 2nd Class Frederick George Edward PENBERTHY,
Pilot Officer Philip Lobbett STEPHENS,
Aircraftman 1st Class Marvin Arthur George YOST,
Aircraftman 2nd Class Alexander DOIG,
Aircraftman 1st Class Kenneth HAMPSON,
Aircraftman 1st Class George Wellan Smith HAWKINS,
Leading Aircraftman William Derrick OLDROYD,
Aircraftman 2nd Class Lionel WILLSHAW,
Aircraftman 2nd Class George Edward HAND,
Aircraftman 1st Class Harold Leslie JOLLY,
Aircraftman 2nd Class Sidney MILLER,
Leading Aircraftman Edward O'DWYER,
Aircraftman 2nd Class Gordon Francis WOODBINE,
Aircraftman 2nd Class Herbert BROUGH,
Airman 1st Class William Edward BROWNING,
Aircraftman 1st Class Richard Pilbeam COLMAN,
Aircraftman 2nd Class Ralph KIRK,
Aircraftman 2nd Class William Alexander McKAY,
Aircraftman 2nd Class Thomas Wilson ALLAN and
Sergeant Harold John WOTTON.

Military Service-
Rank: Aircraftman 1st Class
Service No: 905994
Age: 29
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Service
Division: [RAF St. Eval, Cornwall]
(*St Eval's primary role was to provide anti-submarine and anti-shipping patrols off the south west coast. Aircraft from the airfield were also used for photographic reconnaissance missions, meteorological flights, convoy patrols, air-sea rescue missions and protection of the airfield from the Luftwaffe.*)

Son of Albert Edward and Hilda Elizabeth Hawkins of Bedminster, Bristol, England.

1941 March Quarter death registration-
Name: Hawkins, George W. S.---Age: 29
District: Bodmin (Volume & Page: 5c & 216)

On the evening of Saturday, January 25, 1941, Luftwaffe aircraft bombers attacked RAF St. Eval. The Germans dropped not only bombs, but also hundreds of incendiaries which lit up the entire RAF base. The attack and destruction, which could be seen for miles around, caused the death of 21 airmen who perished when a bomb hit their shelter area. Badly injured, one survivor later died in hospital.
The twenty-two airmen who lost their lives in that bombing attack were-
Aircraftman 2nd Class Edgar Frank MARTIN,
Pilot Officer Cecil Wheadon NOEL,
Aircraftman 2nd Class Frederick George Edward PENBERTHY,
Pilot Officer Philip Lobbett STEPHENS,
Aircraftman 1st Class Marvin Arthur George YOST,
Aircraftman 2nd Class Alexander DOIG,
Aircraftman 1st Class Kenneth HAMPSON,
Aircraftman 1st Class George Wellan Smith HAWKINS,
Leading Aircraftman William Derrick OLDROYD,
Aircraftman 2nd Class Lionel WILLSHAW,
Aircraftman 2nd Class George Edward HAND,
Aircraftman 1st Class Harold Leslie JOLLY,
Aircraftman 2nd Class Sidney MILLER,
Leading Aircraftman Edward O'DWYER,
Aircraftman 2nd Class Gordon Francis WOODBINE,
Aircraftman 2nd Class Herbert BROUGH,
Airman 1st Class William Edward BROWNING,
Aircraftman 1st Class Richard Pilbeam COLMAN,
Aircraftman 2nd Class Ralph KIRK,
Aircraftman 2nd Class William Alexander McKAY,
Aircraftman 2nd Class Thomas Wilson ALLAN and
Sergeant Harold John WOTTON.

Military Service-
Rank: Aircraftman 1st Class
Service No: 905994
Age: 29
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Service
Division: [RAF St. Eval, Cornwall]
(*St Eval's primary role was to provide anti-submarine and anti-shipping patrols off the south west coast. Aircraft from the airfield were also used for photographic reconnaissance missions, meteorological flights, convoy patrols, air-sea rescue missions and protection of the airfield from the Luftwaffe.*)

Son of Albert Edward and Hilda Elizabeth Hawkins of Bedminster, Bristol, England.