Auction Catalogue

17 September 1999

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Regus Conference Centre  12 St James Square  London  SW1Y 4RB

Lot

№ 912

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17 September 1999

Hammer Price:
£290

The Great War pair awarded posthumously to Lieutenant F. B. Doran, No. 9 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, formerly 20th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, a victim of the German fighter ace ‘Willi’ Reinhard

British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.) extremely fine (2) £120-150

Lieutenant Frank Beecher Doran a native of Iroquois, Ontario, Canada, was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps, from the 20th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, on 9 June 1917. He was killed in action 14 August 1917 whilst on artillery observation patrol at Boesinghe, when his aeroplane was shot down by the German fighter ace Wilhelm Reinhard. ‘Willi’ Reinhard went on to take command of the famous Jasta 6 after the death of Manfred Von Richthofen. Doran is buried at Menginghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium.