Neil Francis Hawkins - During The War

During The War

Immediately after the outbreak of war he met with the leaders of other groups such as the Nordic League, the Right Club, The Link and the British Peoples Party in a failed attempt to organise a united front under Mosley. Although he volunteered for war service Francis Hawkins was arrested along with Mosley and others under the first wave of Defence Regulation 18B swoops in 1940. Held in internment in Stafford and Brixton prisons for much of the war, he was released in 1944 and concentrated on his business interests.