Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Captain E. McEvoy, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps

1914 Star, with clasp (142 F. Sjt., R.F.C.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Capt.); together with a renamed British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. E. McEvoy) mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £150-200

As Sergeant in No. 3 Squadron he earned the 1914 Star and clasp serving in France from 12 August 1914. Commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 27 February 1916. Attached to the R.F.C. as an equipment officer. Appointed Temporary Captain on 23 June 1917. Listed in 1918 Air Force List as a Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) in the Technical Branch of the R.A.F. Listed in A Contemptible Little Flying Corps, by McInnes and Webb. In the book he features in a group photograph (copy of photo with lot).