Pair: Flying Officer H. B. Williams, Royal Air Force, who served operationally under the famous ace Raymond Collishaw in 30 Squadron in Iraq in 1920

British War Medal 1914-20 (2 Lieut. H. B. Williams, R.A.F.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (F./O. H. B. Williams, R.A.F.) good very fine (2) £300-£400

Dix Noonan Webb, June 2013.

Harold Boswarick Williams was appointed a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps on 1 March 1918 and is listed as a Kite Balloon Officer upon transferring to the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918, serving on home defence duties during the Great War (entitled to a British War Medal only).

Promoted Flying Officer on 23 August 1919, Williams joined 30 Squadron out in Iraq in February 1920 and, under the immediate command of Flight Lieutenant Raymond Collishaw, O.B.E., D.S.O., D.S.C., D.F.C., and participated in operations in R.E. 8s over Mesopotamia (Medal and clasp). Having then returned home to an appointment at Cranwell, he was placed on the Reserve of Officers in May 1926.

Sold with hand-written research.