Pair: Second Lieutenant H. C. Faulks, Royal Air Force, who died of wounds sustained in aerial combat on 8 August 1918

British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. H. Faulks. R.A.F.) good very fine (2) £160-£200

Herbert Clayton Faulks was born in Cardiff in 1898 and attested for the Army Service Corps in June 1916. He was mobilised in February 1917 and applied for a temporary commission in November of that year. He transferred to the Durham Light Infantry in December and was attached to No.2 Cadet Wing, Royal Flying Corps, at Hastings, Sussex. Following training he was commissioned Second Lieutenant Observer Officer on 6 July 1918 and he arrived in France on 14 July. On 8 August, whilst serving with 8 Squadron, he was Observer with Pilot Lieutenant J. R. M. G. MacCallum. Their aircraft was attacked and Faulks was mortally wounded. He died of his wounds later that day at F4, Australian Main Dressing Station, Fouilly, and is buried at Fouilloy Communal Cemetery, Somme, France.

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