Orders, Decorations and Medals

Five: Squadron Leader J. R. Fitzmaurice, Royal Air Force
1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, with oak leaf M.I.D. emblem; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (Act. Sqn. Ldr., R.A.F.) very fine (5) £80-100

M.I.D. London Gazette 8 June 1944, for services in Italy (Flight Lieutenant).

Fitzmaurice was the winner of both the R.A.F. and the Inter-Service Championship with the Epée at the Royal Tournament in 1933, and again in 1939, in which year he also won the Inter-Service Championship with the Sabre. He was commissioned Pilot Officer in June 1941; Flight Lieutenant in January 1944, and retired in January 1946, retaining his rank as Squadron Leader.