Archie Birkin

Charles Archibald Cecil Birkin (30 March 1905 – 7 June 1927)^[2] was an English motorcycle racer, brother of Tim Birkin, one of the "Bentley Boys" of the 1920s.^[3]

Archie Birkin
Nationality	English
Born	(1905-03-30)30 March 1905 Nottingham, England
Died	7 June 1927(1927-06-07) (aged 22)[1] Kirk Michael, Isle of Man

Background and family

Birkin was born into a wealthy Nottingham family in 1905. He was the son of Sir Thomas Stanley Birkin, 2nd Bt. and Hon. Margaret Diana Hopetoun Chetwynd.^[4]

Motorcycle racing

During an early morning practice session for the 1927 Isle of Man TT races, Birkin, riding a 500c McEvoy motor-cycle, crashed fatally at Rhencullen after swerving to avoid a collision with a Fish Van being driven on open roads.^[5] From 1928 onwards, practice sessions for the Isle of Man TT Races and Manx Grand Prix were held on closed public roads.^[6]