Auction Catalogue

25 & 26 March 2014

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 1371

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26 March 2014

Hammer Price:
£160

Three: Private H. Valentine, Royal Army Service Corps, late Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who served in the Light Armoured Car Battery in the Iraq operations 1919-20

British War and Victory Medals (17053 2 A.M. H. Valentine, R.A.F.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (G-13777 Pte. H. Valentine, R.A.S.C.), generally good very fine (3) £140-180

Harry Valentine enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps in December 1915, giving his pre-war occupation as Chauffeur, and served as a Driver (M.T.) for the remainder of the War. In June 1919, he transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps, his R.A.F. certificate of discharge noting he was to join the Light Armoured Car Battery (L.A.C.B.), and it was in this capacity that he was actively employed in the Iraq operations 1919-20. The L.A.C.B. was later absorbed into the Tank Corps; sold with his original R.A.F. certificate of discharge.