Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Flight Lieutenant W. H. McLaughlin, Royal Air Force

Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Fg. Off. W. H. McLaughlin. R.A.F.) mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £120-160

William Henry McLaughlin served during the Second World War with the Royal Air Force and was promoted Flight Sergeant. He was granted a temporary commission as Pilot Officer on 20 April 1944, and was promoted a War Substantive Flying Officer on 20 October 1944, serving in the Technical Branch. Appointed to a short service commission, he was promoted Flight Lieutenant on 20 October 1947, before he retired on medical grounds on 9 March 1956.