British War Medal 1914-20 (2. Lieut. A. W. Gordon.) very fine £70-£90

Albert William Gordon served with 32nd Squadron, Royal Flying Corps during the Great War on the Western Front, and was shot up and forced to land in a shell hole whilst on an offensive patrol near Vlamertinghe on 30 July 1917. Injured in crash landing, he died of wounds on 12 August 1917, and is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France.