Charles Archibald Cecil Birkin (30 March 1905 – 7 June 1927) was an

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racer, brother of

Tim Birkin Sir Henry Ralph Stanley "Tim" Birkin, 3rd Baronet (26 July 1896 – 22 June 1933) was a British racing driver, one of the "Bentley Boys" of the 1920s. Background and family Birkin was born into a wealthy Nottingham family in 1896, the son of S ...

, one of the "

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" of the 1920s.

Background and family

Birkin was born into a wealthy

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family in 1905. He was the son of Sir Thomas Stanley Birkin, 2nd Bt. and Hon. Margaret Diana Hopetoun Chetwynd.

Motorcycle racing

During an early morning practice session for the

1927 Isle of Man TT The 1927 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy saw more changes occur with a fatal accident during practice to Archie Birkin, a brother to Tim Birkin of the Bentley Boys fame. The corner in Kirk Michael where the accident occurred was renamed Birkins Bend an ...

races, Archie Birkin, riding a 500c McEvoy motor-cycle, crashed fatally at

Rhencullen __NOTOC__ Rhencullen ( gv, ‘holly ridge’) () including Birkin's Bend is adjacent to the 17th milestone of the TT course, on the primary A3 Castletown to Ramsey road in the Isle of Man. Location Rhencullen ( archaic Balla-ny-Rhenney be ...

after swerving to avoid a collision with a Fish Van being driven on open roads. From 1928 onwards, practice sessions for the Isle of Man TT Races and

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were held on closed public roads.''Mona’s Herald'' page 5 A SAFETY MEASURE Wednesday 14 March 1928

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1905 births 1927 deaths Sportspeople from Nottingham English motorcycle racers Isle of Man TT riders Motorcycle racers who died while racing Sport deaths in the Isle of Man Younger sons of baronets

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