Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A post-War B.E.M. group of four awarded to Wing Commander R. L. Allen, Royal Air Force

British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (3051080 Sgt. Robert L. Allen R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya (Plt. Off. R. L. Allen. R.A.F.), good very fine (4) £300-400

B.E.M. London Gazette 10 June 1948.

Robert Leslie Allen was a Corporal when promoted to Pilot Officer, Secretarial Branch on a short service commission on 4 November 1948. He was promoted Flying Officer on 4 November 1950; Flight Lieutenant on 4 November 1954; Squadron Leader on 1 January 1961; and Wing Commander on 1 July 1966. He retired on 5 March 1971, on account of ‘medical unfitness for RAF service’. He is believed to be one of the Founders of the ‘Elizabethan Lodge’, Christchurch, in 1953.