Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Nine: Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel S. G. Hollingsworth, Royal Artillery, late Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who flew operationally in the Kurdistan and Iraq operations 1919-20

British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. S. G. Hollingsworth, R.A.F.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1229 Gnr. S. G. Hollingsworth, R.A.); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Kurdistan, Iraq (P./O. S. G. Hollingsworth, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, G.V.R., silver, silver-gilt, the reverse inscribed, ‘Major S. G. Hollingsworth, Royal Artillery, 23/2/32’, surname officially corrected on the fourth, minor contact marks and the earlier awards a little polished, otherwise generally very fine or better (9) £500-600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Coldstream Guards, R.F.C., R.N.A.S. and R.A.F. formed by the late Tom Baugh.

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Samuel Gerald Hollingsworth, who was born in September 1897 and educated at Westminster City School, and onetime a Gunner in the Royal Field Artillery (Territorials), was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps in March 1918 and qualified as a pilot that June. Subsequently posted to 31st Wing in Mesopotamia, he joined No. 63 Squadron in February 1919, and No. 30 Squadron in March 1920, and participated in the Kurdistan and Iraq operations prior to being re-embarked for the U.K., where he was placed on the Unemployed List that May. Returning to civilian life, but retaining his interest in the Territorial Army, Hollingsworth was awarded his Efficiency Decoration while serving as a Major in 103rd (Suffolk) Field Brigade, R.A. (London Gazette 24 May 1932 refers), and was advanced to the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in August 1942; sold with brief research, his MIC entry confirming his entitlement to the British War and Victory Medals, and the Territorial Force War Medal.