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The remarkable Great War 26 Victory ‘Ace’ Distinguished Flying Medal group 2nd Lieutenant R.M. Fletcher, RAF, who as a 19 year old NCO when flying with Captain ’Siffy’ Thompson, 22 (Bristol) Squadron in four months May-September 1918 became the highest British Two-Seater combined Pilot / Observer ‘Aces’ of the War, and Fletcher, the highest scoring NCO of the War . The combination all the more remarkable being that all but one of these victories were against single seat German scouts and some two thirds witnessed as confirmed as destroyed
M.G.S. 2 bars, Vittoria, Toulouse, (Qr. Mr. ), Waterloo, (Qr. Mr.), Royal Horse Guards, commissioned from the ranks of the the ‘Blues’still aged only 24
Distinguished Conduct Medal , trio & Memorial Plaque, Coldstream Guards, a fine award annotated for ‘Richebourg March 1915. Cuinchy June [1915], Vermelles Cambrin, July 1915.’ and additionally for and has three times, as bombing instructor, saved men’s lives by throwing away bombs which have been accidentally dropped being severely wounded in the act. Also three times wounded at 1st Ypres, later attached to the West African Frontier Force and killed in action , on 16 October 1917, at the battle of Mahiwa, German East Africa. The battle was noted by the British Official History as the “most disastrous day for the Nigerian Army since the formation of the force” and was called “the most savage battle in the history of African conflict-not excluding Omdurman or any engagement of the Boer War.”
Waterloo, 2nd. Bn. 95th.Reg. Foot
A good DSM off Norway, November 1944, in the cruiser H.M.S. Bellona during Operation Counterblast, a spectacular night action off Norway in November 1944 when nine enemy ships were destroyed
Companions of Honour (GV)
Colonial Police Medal for Gallantry, GVI, 1st issue, to Sub-Inspr. Ceylon Police L.G. 15/6/1945
Waterloo Lieutenant 91st also served in the Peninsula but without MGS (deceased 1823)
Good combination of Sutlej, for Sobraon 1846, Punjab , 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat , Indian Mutiny, no clasp Lieut./Capt. Bengal Arty./Horse Artillery
Distinguished Service Medal group, a 1914 award to Petty Officer H.M.S Legion for the Battle off Texel 17 October, 1914 at the sinking of 4 German torpedo boat destroyers
A fine WW2 Submarines DSM group with NGS Palestine & LSGC. awarded for Norway 1940, second battle of Narvik , HMS Triad, penetrating Oslo Fiord torpedoing and sinking a 4,000 ton supply ship. later killed in action still with HMS Triad in a submarine v submarine action with the Italian ‘Enrico Toti’
Military General service, clasps. Badajoz, Salamanca, 4th Foot. Wounded in the leg at the storming of Badajoz and again the thigh at New Orleans,
Air Force Medal (E11R) Sergeant Pilot later Flight Lieutenant
The exceptionally rare combination Army of india, Bhurtpoor & Crimea clasp Sebastopol, Lieut./Lieutenant Colonel 14th Foot
A fine Second War submariner’s D.S.O. and D.S.C. group Captain , Royal Navy, who won the D.S.C. when in command of H.M. Submarine H.44 for sinking shipping off the coast of Norway in 1940, and the D.S.O. when in command of H.M. Submarine Upright for sinking the Italian cruiser Armando Diaz in February 1941, despite an escort of Italian destroyers which then launched a search and attack for over an hour, Uniquely. He commanded H.M.S. Graph, previously the U.570 which was captured al most intact at sea by an R.A.F. Hudson aircraft. he was afterwards the first Commodore (commanding) Malaysian Navy
Military General Service 8 clasps, Waterloo, 42nd Foot Regimental Medal, 3 times wounded by lancers at Quatres Bras and again at Toulouse. At Quatres Bras the Brunswick Hussars broke and mingled with the French Lancers fell back on the 42nd who were moving up in line. With great discipline the 42nd formed square, Lancers without and within. Despite losing three commanding officers in quick succession and almost half their strength the 42nd held firm
Queen’s Sudan pair & QSA Lieutenant, Lancs. Fusiliers
Officers Waterloo, 1st Life Guards. Quartermaster. Having received his commission from Corporal Major (R.S.M.) served at Waterloo being the only one of the 6 Q.M.s. of the 1st & 2nd Lifeguards to remain unscathed by the evening with 4 being killed and 1 wounded. The 1st Lifeguards had been led in 11 separate charges by their severely wounded Colonel Ferrier. Ferrier being killed and all remaining officers casualty or unhorsed the final charge was led by a Quartermaster who almost immediately fell wounded
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