British and World Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Flight Lieutenant F. J. Christie, Royal Air Force Regiment, who was mentioned in despatches for services in Malaya in 1948-49
Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R., with M.I.D. oak leaf (Flt. Lt. F. J. Christie, R.A.F.); General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Borneo (Flt. Lt. F. J. Christie, R.A.F.), together with his embroidered ‘R.A.F. Regiment’ shoulder flash, generally good very fine (5) £600-700

Frederick Joseph Christie entered the Royal Air Force Regiment towards the end of the 1939-45 War, being confirmed in the rank of Pilot Officer and granted the war substantive rank of Flying Officer in June 1945. Having then extended his period of service on the Active List in January 1947, he was granted the acting rank of Flight Lieutenant in April 1949, the same month in which he was gazetted for his mention in despatches for distinguished services in Malaya (London Gazette 26 April 1949 refers), a distinction won while serving in No. 91 Rifle Squadron, R.A.F. Regiment. Once more extending his appointment on the Active List in early 1951, he was granted the substantive rank of Flight Lieutenant and, though transferred to the Reserve List in January 1955, was quickly reinstated that April, thereafter going on to witness further active service in the Borneo operations in the 1960s. Christie was finally placed on the Retired List at his own request in July 1968; sold with the recipient’s hand written statement of services.