Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Lieutenant E. V. A. Bell, No. 25 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, shot down and taken prisoner in ‘Bloody April’ 1917
British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.) good very fine (2) £120-150

Lieutenant Evelyn Bell was pilot of an FE2b which was shot down at 7 p.m. near Mont St Eloi on 8 April 1917. Both he and his Observer, 2.Lt. A. H. K. McCallum, were wounded and taken prisoner, being interned for the duration of the war. Lieutenant Bell was repatriated on 14 December 1918.