The Collection of Medals to the Coldstream Guards, R.F.C., R.N.A.S. and R.A.F. formed by the late Tom Baugh 265
Six: Acting Squadron Leader E. S. Farrand, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, late Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, a pilot in No. 19 Squadron who was shot down and taken P.O.W. in October 1918
BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2nd Lieut. E. S. Farrand, R.A.F.); 1939-45 STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45; AIR EFFICIENCY AWARD,
G.VI.R., 1st issue (Act. Sqn. Ldr. E. S. Farrand, R.A.F.V.R.), good very fine and better (6)
£400-500
Elmar Stuart Farrand, who was born in Newcastle in February 1899, enlisted in a Training Reserve Battalion in October 1916, aged 17 years, was called up in April 1917, and transferred to the Royal Flying Corps on obtaining a commission that November.
Having then gained further experience as a pilot in No. 90 Squadron in the U.K., he was posted to No. 19 Squadron out in France in August 1918, a Sopwith Dolphin unit. No doubt having completed some operational sorties in the interim, he was reported missing in action over Aubigny on 3 October, a fellow pilot, 2nd Lieutenant T. H. Mercer, stating that had seen - and engaged an Pfalz scout - that had locked onto the tail of Farrand’s aircraft. Later confirmed as a P.O.W., Farrand was repatriated in December 1918 and placed on the Unemployed List in October 1919.
Recalled on the renewal of hostilities in September 1939, he was posted to No. 61 Group in Belfast, where he was quickly advanced to Squadron Leader (Operations) on the A.O.C’s staff, and, in December 1941, after a brief spell at H.Q. No. 31 Wing, he removed to H. Q. No. 4 Group. Having then attended a course at the R.A.F. Staff College, Farrand was posted to R.A.F. Lasham on intelligence duties in January 1943 and to H.Q. No. 17 Group in September 1944 as Group Intelligence Officer. He received his Air Efficiency Award in July 1948.
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Pair: Air Mechanic 1st Class F. H. Edmonds, Royal Air Force BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (8446 1 A.M. F. H. Edmonds, R.A.F.), good very fine and better (2)
£30-50
Frederick H. Edmonds enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps as an Air Mechanic 2nd Class in September 1915 and was embarked for France in July 1916, where he joined No. 7 Squadron. Remaining similarly employed for the remainder of the War, he was advanced to Air Mechanic 1st Class in April 1917 and demobilised in April 1919.
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Nine: Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel S. G. Hollingsworth, Royal Artillery, late Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who flew operationally in the Kurdistan and Iraq operations 1919-20
BRITISHWAR ANDVICTORYMEDALS (2 Lieut. S. G. Hollingsworth, R.A.F.); TERRITORIAL FORCEWARMEDAL 1914-19 (1229 Gnr. S. G. Hollingsworth, R.A.); GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 2 clasps, Kurdistan, Iraq (P./O. S. G. Hollingsworth, R.A.F.); 1939-45 STAR; BURMA STAR;DEFENCE ANDWARMEDALS 1939-45; EFFICIENCYDECORATION, G.V.R., silver, silver-gilt, the reverse inscribed, ‘Major S. G. Hollingsworth, Royal Artillery, 23/2/32’, surname officially corrected on the fourth, minor contact marks and the earlier awards a little polished, otherwise generally very fine or better (9)
£500-600
Samuel Gerald Hollingsworth, who was born in September 1897 and educated at Westminster City School, and onetime a Gunner in the Royal Field Artillery (Territorials), was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps in March 1918 and qualified as a pilot that June. Subsequently posted to 31st Wing in Mesopotamia, he joined No. 63 Squadron in February 1919, and No. 30 Squadron in March 1920, and participated in the Kurdistan and Iraq operations prior to being re-embarked for the U.K., where he was placed on the Unemployed List that May. Returning to civilian life, but retaining his interest in the Territorial Army, Hollingsworth was awarded his Efficiency Decoration while serving as a Major in 103rd (Suffolk) Field Brigade, R.A. (London Gazette 24 May 1932 refers), and was advanced to the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in August 1942; sold with brief research, his MIC entry confirming his entitlement to the British War and Victory Medals, and the Territorial Force War Medal.
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