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Three: Second Lieutenant (Observer) C. C. Hann, No. 3 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, killed in aerial combat on 22 October 1916, the sixth victim of the German ace, Hans Berr

1914-15 Star (1386 Cpl., R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut.); together with memorial plaque (Cecil Collins Hann)

Three: Probationary Flight Sub. Lieutenant A. P. Hann, Royal Naval Air Service

1914-15 Star (P. Flt. S. Lt., R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals (P. Flt. S. Lt., R.N.A.S.) extremely fine (7) £400-450

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Medals to Officers Who Died During The Two World Wars.

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Cecil Collins Hann was born in 1891, at Beaminster, Dorset. He was killed in action on 22 October 1916, whilst acting as Observer in a Morane Parasol, engaged on artillery spotting duties, over the Somme area. 2nd Lieutenant Hann and his Pilot (2nd Lieutenant F. W. G. Marchant) were both killed, and are buried in Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L’Abbes, Somme, France. Their plane was claimed by the German air ace Hans Berr, his sixth out of a total of ten aerial victories.

Albert Percy Hann is shown in the 1916 Navy List as being attached to Wormwood Scrubs Airship Station. In 1917 he was invalided out of the service, due to injuries received during wartime. It is thought that sometime after this he committed suicide.