Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A B.E.M. (military) group of seven awarded to Flight Sergeant L. C. Law, Royal Air Force

British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (551816 F. Sgt., R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (551816 F. Sgt., R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (551816 F. Sgt., R.A.F.) mounted as worn, contact marks, very fine (7) £500-600

B.E.M. London Gazette 1 January 1965.

Lester Cheyne Law was born on 8 May 1921 in San Pedro, Argentina, to Scottish parents. He was educated at the Balloch School and the Inverness Royal Academy. A King’s Scout and later a member of the Royal and Ancient Order of Buffaloes. Law joined the R.A.F. in 1937 and served in the Middle East for most of the war. Served at Port Said with Marine Craft Unit and 136 M.U. R.A.F. After the war he was a Recruiting Sergeant at Inverness, 1947 - 50. From 1950 he was an Instructor at the Advanced Flying Training School, Dalcross. 1956-60. In Malaya he was with No. 95 Squadron R.A.F. Regiment, based at Slim River, Perak. Also attached to No. 101 Squadron R.A.F. in 1958. In 1960 he was back in the U.K. No. 101 Squadron (Avro Vulcan) at R.A.F. Finningley, Yorkshire. In the same year he went to Argentina with 101 Squadron Vulcans, plus Comet and Britannia from Transport Command, on a goodwill tour (150th Anniversary of the Argentine), and with supplies for the Chilean earthquake. Was a Drill Instructor on the Staff of R.A.F. Cranwell from 1960. Law was awarded the B.E.M. in 1965.

“In an establishment where excellence is by no means uncommon, Flight Sergeant Law was Outstanding for his organisational ability, tireless example and cheerful acceptance of innumerable difficulties”.

Posted to the Army Military Provost Staff Corps at Colchester Military Corrective Training Centre from 1964. Army Department Constabulary from 1966. British Transport Police from 1969.

With two scrapbooks containing mementoes of his military service, including: certificates; photographs; telegrams; letters; booklets; newspaper cuttings; invitation cards, and banknotes. Also cuttings relating to his sister - a well-known Orkney nurse. An interesting archive.