Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (302904 A.C. 2 F. M. Jarrett, R.A.F.), contact marks, nearly very fine and scarce
£120-140

Frank Mack Jarrett, who was born in 1888, originally enlisted in the 24th London Regiment in November 1914, and was awarded the British War and Victory Medals after witnessing active service in France (June-December 1916), Salonika (December 1916-June 1917), and Egypt (June 1917-May 1919). Transferring to the Royal Air Force in the latter month, he was subsequently present in the Iraq operations with 31 Wing in the period February to December 1920 (Medal & clasp), but was admitted to hospital in Baghdad in late 1921. Invalided home, and having been hospitalised for much of the intervening period, he was discharged in April 1923; sold with copied R.A.F. service record.