2 October 2018
The Fly was a 3rd class sailing cutter of 60 tons. Walter joined her as an Ordinary Seaman in the Limerick District which covered the whole […]
2 October 2018
On the 14th of June 1880 I counted one of thirty boys drafted to HMS Valiant, a coast guard ship of that period, included in the […]
2 October 2018
On the eighth of October 1878, with my mother’s consent and blessing, I kissed her goodbye and set out for Devonport to join the Royal Navy. […]
18 September 2018
Early Recollections In the year 1862 I first saw the light of day, and beheld the sun, moon, and stars from my father’s home overlooking the […]
18 September 2018
Walter Benson Hunkin was born in 1862, the son of Matthew Hunkin of Mevagissey, in Cornwall. Matthew was a Master Mariner and the son of John Hunkin, […]
3 July 2018
Walter Benson Hunkin, originally of Mevagissey in Cornwall, joined the Royal Navy in 1874 and served aboard a variety of small vessels employed on anti-smuggling, fisheries protection […]