GROUPS AND SINGLE DECORATIONS FOR GALLANTRY Having survived the above friendly fire incident, Haine and Bowman successfully added to their tally the following month:
‘On September 1 Pete and I had another success while patrolling south of Caen. He got a good radar contact and I followed his instructions until I got a visual. The long, tapered wings of a Ju. 88 were unmistakable, and I closed in and after a sustained burst of cannon fire it crashed in flames west of Le Havre.’ (Ibid)
Haine took up a staff posting with HQ 85 Group, Ghent, in October 1944. He subsequently volunteered for test flying and went to 147 Wing at Odiham, prior to being appointed Officer Commanding at Winfield (a satellite station of 54 O.T.U., Charter Hall) in May 1945. Haine served as Station Commander of R.A.F. Eshott for a month, and then in June was appointed Senior Officer, Air to Headquarters 302 Wing at Ibsley. He arrived in Hong Kong in September 1945, and held several brief appointments including as Station Commander of R.A.F. Kai Tak. Haine was appointed Wing Commander Flying at Kai Tak in January 1946. He served as Air Ops II at HQ FEAF, Changi, Singapore, October 1946 - May 1947.
Haine returned to the UK in September 1947, and converted to Meteors at C.F.E. West Raynam. He served for two years with the Air Fighting Development Unit, prior to going on Air Staff Policy at the Air Ministry 1951-54. Having been promoted Wing Commander in January 1952, Haine briefly served with 10 A.F.T.S. and 209 A.F.S., at Western Zoyland. He served as Wing Commander Flying with 12 F.T.S. and 233 O.C.U., Pembrey, prior to being appointed Officer Commanding Flying 128 Wing (Venoms) at Habbaniyah, Iraq, in September 1954. Haine commanded R.A.F. Turnhouse, Edinburgh, December 1956 - May 1959, and subsequently served as OC Admin Wing at Akrotiri, Cyprus, until October 1961.
During the final decade of his service, Haine commanded R.A.F. Lindholme, when Bomber Command Bombing School was based there, and served as SPSO at HQ Bomber Command and in the same capacity for Strike Command. His final posting was as Group Captain Organisation at HQ Training Command, July 1969 - October 1970. Haine retired on the latter date, and was subsequently employed as a harbourmaster of a large marina at Leamington on the River Orwell. He resided in Suffolk in later life, and died in October 2008.
Sold with the following related documents: Six Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Books, attractively bound in two leather volumes (27 August 1935 - 30 September 1970), both embossed with gold lettering, the opening page of first log annotated ‘Times brought forward from log damaged by enemy action, Manston, May 1940’ - as a consequence of this, when Haine had all of his log books bound together, the first part of the two volumes covering up to November 1936 has been reconstructed using cut-outs from the original damaged period; M.I.D. Certificate, dated 1 January 1943; a hand-written note carried by recipient whilst evading capture in Holland, from Colonel G. A. de Braun of the Dutch Army; a telegram to recipient’s wife reporting him as missing in action, with a later Air Ministry letter also to his wife informing her of his safe return, dated 15 May 1940; a letter and a telegram of congratulation upon the occasion of the award of the recipient’s D.F.C.; a letter of congratulation upon the occasion of the award of the recipient’s O.B.E. from the Henry Hardman, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Aviation, dated 1 January 1962; with photographic images from various stages of recipient’s career; newspaper cuttings; a file of copied research and a copy of From Fury to Phantom, Flying for the RAF 1936-1970. The Memoirs of Group Captain Richard ‘Dickie’ Haine, O.B.E., D.F.C.
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A Great War M.B.E. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Jones, Canadian Army Service Corps
THEMOST EXCELLENTORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, hallmarked London 1918 and additionally inscribed ‘Presented to Lieut. W. H. Jones by King George V 26 July 19’; 1914-15 STAR (30430 Sjt. W. H. Jones. Can: A.S.C.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (Lieut. W. H. Jones.); CANADIANWAR SERVICEMEDAL;WARMEDAL; JUBILEE 1935; CORONATION 1937, inscribed on the edge ‘Presented to Lt. Col. W. H. Jones by HM Queen Elizabeth May 12th 1937’; EFFICIENCYDECORATION, Canada, G.V.R.; together with the group of three awarded to his son, Captain G. F. A. Jones, R.C.A.S.C., comprising Canadian War Service Medal, War Medal and Centennial Medal, all unnamed as issued, both sets court mounted for wear and all plated in the Canadian style, good very fine or better (12)
£400-460 M.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919.
William Henry Jones was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, on 29 January 1887, and was resident in Canada when he enlisted into the C. A.S.C. on 25 September 1914 (No. 30430). He was promoted to Sergeant on 20 January 1915 and embarked for France the following month. Promoted to Sergeant-Major, 7 August 1916; Temporary Lieutenant, 19 May 1917. He embarked for Canada in August 1919, where he afterwards served with 1st Corps Troops, R.C.A.S.C., and was Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms of the Canadian House of Commons. He retired as a Lieutenant-Colonel in December 1939. Sold with copied record of service.
George Frederick Arthur Jones attested for the R.C.A.S.C. at Ottawa on 19 June 1933, and purchased hi discharge on 19 December 1935. On the outbreak of war he was appointed to a commission as Captain in the R.C.A.S.C. until he resigned his commissiion on 21 December 1939, and served thereafter as a Sergeant in the Royal Canadian Artillery until the end of the war. Sold with copied record of service.
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A Great War ‘Military Division’ M.B.E. group of three awarded to Elizabeth Mildred Shillington, Women’s Legion
THEMOST EXCELLENTORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type lady’s shoulder badge, silver, hallmarks for 1919, unnamed, mounted ‘bow and tails’; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (E. M. Shillington); with three miniature dress medals; an American Committee Medal for the Devastated Regions of France 1916-23, silver, unnamed; and a Medal ‘Reconnaissance de l’Aisne Devastée 1917-23’, 49mm., dia. bronze, inscribed, ‘á Shillington E.M. membre du C. A.R.D.’, nearly extremely fine (8)
£400-500 M.B.E. London Gazette 5 June 1919. ‘Shillington, Miss Elizabeth Mildred, Women’s Legion’.
Elizabeth Mildred Shillington was born on 2 January 1881 at Glenmachan Tower, Ballymachan, Belfast, to John Johnson and Annie Shillington. John Johnson Shillington was a Magistrate and founding member of the Ulster Defence Union. In the Great War, Elizabeth Shillington joined the French Red Cross and entered France in December 1914 and worked in the motorised kitchens providing food and help. At some stage she became involved with the Women’s Legion - a body set up in July 1915 by the Marchioness of Londonderry. The Legion became involved in many forms of voluntary work, including cooking and catering for the army stationed in England. For her services to this body, she was later awarded the M.B.E. It is believed only 11 M.B.E’s. were issued to members of the Women’s Legion. Elizabeth Shillington died in Hampshire on 27 March 1930.
With copied gazette extract and service details. For her brother’s medals see lot 825.
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