Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Chief Technician R. H. W. Pratt, Royal Air Force

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Near East (1920998 Cpl. Tech., R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (P1920998 Ch. Tech., R.A.F.) good very fine (2) £100-140

Richard Pratt was the son of Mrs E. F. Pratt, of 25 Priory Road, Ramsgate, was born on 8 October 1931. He was educated at Ellington School and belonged to the A.T.C. in Thanet and was a member of the Ramsgate Youth Group. He entered the Royal Air Force as an Airman in 1948 and was advanced to Corporal in 1950 and to Corporal Technician in 1955. He took part in the Suez landings, serving with a helicopter unit, ferrying units into Egypt and carrying back wounded. In November 1956 he was reported injured, having slipped under a tractor while on duty at an airfield near Port Said. Suffering two fractured legs, he was himself evacuated to hospital in Nicosia, Cyprus. Making a recovery, he continued his career in the R.A.F. and was promoted to Senior Technician in 1956 and Chief Technician in 1959; retiring from the service c.1972. With copied service and employment details and two copied newspaper extracts with photographs of the recipient.