Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Second Lieutenat G. E. Gatling, Royal Air Force, late Army Service Corps, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches

1914 Star (SS-3914 Cpl. G. Gatling, A.S.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (SS-3914 W.O. Cl. 1. G. E. Gatling. A.S.C.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (... A.S.C.) all naming apart from unit erased; Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (SS-3914 Cpl. G. E. Gatling. A.S.C.); France, Third Republic, Medaille Militaire, silver and silver-gilt, with trophy of arms suspension, the last almost entirely lacking enamel; otherwise generally very fine and better (5) £160-£200

M.S.M. London Gazette 4 June 1917:
‘For valuable services rendered with the Armies in the Field.’

French Medaille Militaire London Gazette 10 October 1918.

George Ernest Gatling was born in Camberwell, London in 1893. A Clerk by occupation, he attested for the Army Service Corps and served with them as a Corporal during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 October 1914. Advanced Staff Sergeant-Major, for his services during the Great War he was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 4 January 1917 and 25 May 1918), and was awarded an ‘Immediate’ Meritorious Service Medal and the French Medaille Militaire. In May 1918 he transferred to the Royal Air Force and as a Flight Cadet, and trained as a Pilot. He was Commissioned Second Lieutenant on 25 February 1919, and was transferred to the Royal Air Force Reserve on 26 March 1919. In 1939 he was a Company Director for Army Military Outfitters living in Petts Wood Road, Orpington. He died in 1943 in Bromley, Kent.

Sold with the original vellum certificate for the French Medaille Militaire.

Sold with the recipient’s original vellum certificate for the French Medaille Militaire.