Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: Flight Sergeant A. S. Prior, Royal Air Force, late Royal Navy and Naval Air Service

British War Medal 1914-20 (S.S. 2926 A. S. Prior, L.A.C., R.N.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (315048 Sgt. A. S. Prior, R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., coinage bust (315048 F./Sgt. A. S. Prior, R.A.F.), very fine and better (3) £150-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards to the R.F.C., R.N.A.S. and R.A.F..

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Alfred Stanley Prior was born in Brixton, London in July 1891 and entered the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman in July 1909. Transferring to the Royal Fleet Reserve in July 1914, he was recalled on the outbreak of hostilities and, with the exception of a brief interlude at he gunnery establishment Excellent, served in the battleship Glory from then until May 1917, including a tour of duty in the Dardanelles in 1915. Having then transferred to the R.N.A.S. as a Leading Aircraftsman (Armament) at Eastchurch in December 1917, he joined the newly established Royal Air Force in April 1918 and is confirmed on the published rolls as having been awarded the India General Service Medal for the Waziristan operations of 1921-24 and the L.S. & G.C. Medal in September 1927. Unfortunately, however, the whereabouts of his 1914-15 Star and Victory Medal are unknown.