Campaign Groups and Pairs 444
Three: Sergeant H. W. Lyons, Royal Air Force 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with Air Council enclosure and medal entitlement ticker tape, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘H. W. Lyons, Esq., 174 Abbotsbury Road, Morden, Surrey’, extremely fine
Three: W. P. R. Pasby, Royal Air Force Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with medal entitlement ticker tape, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘W. P. R. Pasby, Esq., 27 Tressillian Road, Brockley, London SE’, extremely fine (6)
£70-£90 Sold with copied research.
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Four: Chief Technician D. Coates, Royal Air Force
Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (549268 Cpl. D. Coates. R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (549268 Ch. Tech. D. Coates. R.A.F.) mounted as worn, good very fine (4)
£80-£100
446
Five: Flight Lieutenant H. J. Hoare, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Air Efficiency Award, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Flt. Lt. H. J. Hoare. R.A.F.V.R.) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (5)
£140-£180
Henry John Hoare was born on 4 November 1917 and was commissioned into the Equipment Branch of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 27 June 1942. He served during the Second World War, and was mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 14 June 1945). He was awarded his Air Efficiency Award on 23 June 1955, prior to relinquishing his commission in 1957. He died in Crawley, West Sussex, in 1994.
447
Three: Sergeant J. H. Bakewell, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, No. 101 Squadron, killed in action when his Lancaster was shot down during a raid on Berlin on the night of 17/18 January 1943
1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, all unnamed as issued, together with named Air Council enclosure and named medal entitlement slip, this pasted on card, extremely fine (3)
£200-£240
Sergeant James Henry Bakewell served in ‘B’ Flight, No. 101 Squadron and was killed in action on the night of 17/18 January 1943, in a raid on Berlin. The crew were on only their second full operation, having been forced to abort on three occasions and once being prevented from taking off because of problems on their own airfield. Their operational career spanned just nine days. He has no known grave and is commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.
Sold with further research. 448
Three: Sergeant Henry Wilson, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, No. 207 Squadron, killed in action when his Lancaster was shot down during a raid on Toulouse on 6 April 1944
1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, all unnamed as issued, together with named Air Council enclosure and named medal entitlement slip, these pasted on card, extremely fine (3)
£200-£240
Sergeant Henry Wilson was an Air Gunner with No. 207 Squadron, Bomber Command. He volunteered for service at Oxford in early 1943 and during a brief operational career of just eighteen days, he survived the disastrous raid on Nuremburg on the night of 30/31st March 1944, when 95 aircraft were lost. He was killed in action on 6 April 1944, whilst on his sixth operation, when his Lancaster was shot down during an attack on an aircraft factory at Toulouse. He is buried in Toulouse (La Fourguette) Communal Cemetery. Sold with copied extracts from 207 Squadron O.R.B. and other research.
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Five: Private J. Cowman, 20th Battalion (The Canterbury Regiment) N.Z. Infantry, who was killed in the same action that Captain C. H. Upham, of the same regiment, won his second Victoria Cross at El Ruweisat Ridge on 15 July 1942
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; New Zealand War Service Medal, these five unnamed as issued, together with New Zealand Memorial Cross,
G.VI.R. (16187 Pte. J. Cowman) extremely fine (6)
£300-£400
James Cowan, 20th Battalion (The Canterbury Regiment), New Zealand Infantry, was killed in action on 15 July 1942, aged 32, and is commemorated by name on the Alamein Memorial.
On 14-15 July 1942, at El Ruweisat Ridge, Captain C. H. Upham, also of the 20th Battalion (The Canterbury Regiment) won a Bar to the Victoria Cross he had won in Crete the year before.
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Three: A. P. Hughes, South African Forces Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all three officially impressed (210375 A. P. Hughes) mounted as worn together with ribbon bar
War Medal 1939-45 (5), all unnamed as issued; Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Thomas Leonard Lane); Police L.S. & G.C.,
G.VI.R., 2nd issue (Sergt. Frederick A. Blee) generally very fine or better (10)
£50-£60
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