Orders, Decorations and Medals

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (Fl. Lt. T. B. A. Sherrington, R.A.F.) with small M.I.D. oak leaf on ribbon but this unconfirmed, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £450-550

Thomas Baldwin Aloysius Sherrington was a Battle of Britain Hurricane pilot. He joined the Royal Air Force on a short service commission in March 1939, and after completeing his training, arrived at 11 Group Pool, St Athan, in November 1939. After converting to Hurricanes, he was transferred to No. 2 Ferry Pilot Pool in December, as a reserve for France. In March 1940 Sherrington was posted to No. 92 Squadron at Croydon. On 27 September he shared in the destruction of a Ju 88 and on October 25 he destroyed a Bf 109. He was posted to 53 OTU, Heston, in February 1941, and was later OC 4 Squadron at 61 OTU. Sherrington was released from the Royal Air Force in 1947, as a Flight Lieutenant.

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