Pair: Flight Sergeant S. Grayston, 84 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in India on 25 January 1947

War Medal 1939-45, in Air Ministry card box of issue, addressed to ‘H. Grayston Esq., 91 Horsham Avenue, North Finchley, London N12.’; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (1812355 F.Sgt. S. Grayston. R.A.F.) in named card box of issue, extremely fine (2) £100-£140

Selwyn Grayston was born in 1924, the son of Harold and Anne Grayston, and served as a Flight Sergeant Navigator with 84 Squadron, Royal Air Force. He was killed when his Beaufighter Mk10 RD787 crashed from a steep climb whilst turning after take off from Poona Aerodrome on 25 January 1947, with the loss of the entire crew of three. Grayston is buried under a C.W.G.C. headstone in Kirkee War Cemetery, India.