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Staff Surgeon William Job Maillard, V.C., Royal Navy
A scrap of Naval Victoria Cross ribbon bearing the bronze V.C. emblem, frayed
Air Marshal William Avery Bishop, V.C., Royal Flying Corps
Riband bar created for display, bearing the ribbons: Victoria Cross, with bronze V.C. emblem; Order of the Bath;
Distinguished Service Order, with silver rose; Military Cross; Distinguished Flying Cross, 2nd type ribbon; 1914-15 Star;
British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with
silver Maple leaf emblem; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Efficiency Decoration; France, Legion of Honour; France,
Croix de Guerre, W.W.1, with bronze palm, the riband bar on card together with cloth R.A.F. ‘wings’ and a copied
photograph of the recipient in uniform; together with another riband bar created for display purposes, bearing addition
ribbons
Air Commodore Ferdinand Maurice Felix West, V.C., Royal Air Force
Riband bar created for display purposes, bearing the ribbons: Victoria Cross, with bronze V.C. emblem; Order of the
British Empire, 2nd issue, military; Military Cross; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19,
with M.I.D. emblem; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953; Belgium, Order of the
Crown; Italy, Order of the Crown; Netherlands, Order of Orange Nassau, mounted on card bearing a photograph of the
recipient in uniform
Group Captain Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, V,C., Royal Air Force
Loose, short lengths (approx. 30mm.) of ribbon: Victoria Cross; Distinguished Service Order; Distinguished Flying Cross;
1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1953; Jubilee 1977; together
with a photograph signed by the recipient, ‘Leonard Cheshire’, varied condition, sold as found (lot) £60-80
Maillard V.C. London Gazette 1 December 1898. Surgeon Maillard, Royal Navy, won the V.C. for his gallant action in Crete on 6
September 1898. With copied research.
Bishop V.C. London Gazette 11 August 1917. Captain Bishop, Royal Flying Corps, won the V.C. for his gallant action against enemy
aircraft near Cambrai, France, on 2 June 1917. With copied research.
West V.C. London Gazette 8 November 1918. Captain West, Royal Air Force, won the V.C. for his gallant action N.E. of Roye, France,
on 10 August 1918. With copied obituary cuttings and a copied photograph of the recipient in later life.
Cheshire V.C. London Gazette 8 September 1944. Wing Commander Cheshire, Royal Air Force, won the V.C. for his sustained gallant
actions over the period 1940-44. With some copied research.
OTHER ITEMS
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Group Captain Sir Max Aitken, Royal Air Force, D.S.O., D.F.C.
Ribbons mounted for display to represent those of the recipient: Distinguished Service Order; Distinguished Flying
Cross; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe, with silver rosette; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. emblem;
Czechoslovakia, War Cross 1940; together with a signed photograph of the recipient in uniform
Air Vice Marshal D. C. T. Bennett, Royal Air Force, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O.
Ribbons mounted for display to represent those of the recipient: Order of the Bath; Order of the British Empire, 2nd
issue, military; Distinguished Service Order; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals; U.S.S.R.
ribbon, mounted on card with a copied photograph of the recipient and two cloth badges
Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick William Bowhill, Royal Air Force, G.B.E., K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.
Ribbons mounted for display to represent those of the recipient: Order of the British Empire, 2nd issue, military; Order of
the Bath; Order of St. Michael & St. George; Distinguished Service Order, with silver rosette; 1914-15 Star; British War
Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Africa General Service 1902-56; Defence and War
Medals; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Foreign ribbon with crossed swords emblem; U.S.A. Legion of Merit, with
‘Commander’ emblem; Netherlands, Order of Orange Nassau, with ‘Grand Cross’ rosette; Norway, Order of St. Olaf,
with ‘Grand Cross’ rosette; Poland, Order of Poland Restored, with ‘Grand Cross’ rosette; mounted on card with a
copied photograph of the recipient and signature of the recipient on a separate card, good condition (lot) £70-90
Sir (John William) Max Aitken (1910-85), 2nd Baronet, a fighter pilot during the Battle of Britain, commanded a night fighter squadron,
1941-42, and was a Group Captain commanding Strike Mosquito Wing, Norgegian Waters, 1943. latterly President of Express
Newspapers Ltd.
Air Vice Marshal Donald Clifford Tyndall Bennett (1910-86), was the Air Officer Commanding the Pathfinder Force of the R.A.F.
Bomber Command, 1939-45. With newspaper obituary.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill (1880-1960), was an officer in the Merchant Navy, 1896-1912 and in the Great War served in
the R.F.C. (Naval Wing), R.N.A.S., and R.A.F. During W.W.2 he was Air Officer Commander-in-Chief, Coastal Command, 1937-41,
and Air Officer Commanding Transport Command, 1943-45.
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Midshipman Thomas C. Armstrong, Royal Navy, C.S.C.
Riband bar, with pin-fitting, bearing the ribbons: Conspicuous Service Cross; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902; 1914-15
Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19, 1914-15 Star ribbon a little frayed, fairly good condition
£20-40
Riband bar attributed to Midshipman Thomas C. Armstrong, Royal Navy, who was one of only eight recipients of the Conspicuous
Service Cross, ref. London Gazette 2 July 1901, for services in South Africa. With copied photograph of the recipient and copied
research.
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