Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Sergeant C. V. Beard, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps

1914 Star, with copy clasp (317 2/A.M., R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (317 1 A.M., R.F.C.); Defence and War Medals, unnamed; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., with incorrect D.F.C./D.F.M. Second Award Clasp (317 Sgt., R.A.F.) mounted as worn, contact marks, fine and better (6) £550-650

Beard, originally from Oldham, enlisted on 18 March 1912, as a Gunner with 28 Company R.G.A. (No. 36781), and was posted to 3 Squadron, 20 August 1912, on transfer to the Royal Flying Corps. He earned his 1914 Star and clasp in France as 2 Air Mechanic with 3 Squadron from 13 August 1914, and was promoted to 1 A.M. (Fitter-General) on 1 March 1916. He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal as a Sergeant on 17 October 1934, but the award of the bar has not been confirmed. 1914 Star and clasp confirmed in A Contemptible Little Flying Corps, by J. V. Webb. With copied research.