Three: Lieutenant R. E. W. Sandall, Royal Air Force, formerly Lincolnshire Regiment

1914-15 Star (2. Lieut., Linc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.A.F.) mounted as worn, fine and better (3)
£150-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, An Old Collection of Medals Relating to The Great War.

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Robert Edward Wychenford was born in Alford on 31 May 1897, the son of Colonel T. E. Sandall, C.M.G., M.B., of Oxford. He was educated at Louth Grammar School and Haileybury. After leaving school he was commissioned into the 1/5th Lincolnshire Regiment and entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 28 February 1915. Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant on 10 August 1915 and confirmed in that rank in November 1917. Served as a Lieutenant (Observer) in the Royal Air Force from April 1918. He relinquished his commission to join the Reserve of Officers in September 1921 and resigned his commission in the Reserve of Officers in 1936, being employed with H.M. Customs, Kenya at the time.

With copied service papers, m.i.c. and other research.