Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War D.S.O., Civil O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Major F. J. Chapple, Royal Artillery

Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil), 2nd type; 1914-15 Star (Capt., R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Major); French Legion of Honour, 5th class breast badge, silver, gilt and enamel; French Croix de Guerre 1914-1918, with palm generally good very fine (7) £600-700

D.S.O. London Gazette 14 February 1916.

O.B.E. London Gazette 24 June 1946.

Mention in Despatches London Gazette 1 January 1916 and 23 December 1918.

Francis John Chapple first entered the French theatre of war in March 1915. His Legion of Honour and Croix de Guerre are both verified by contemporary sources, and his O.B.E. was for services as a Member of the Bristol Wing Committee, South West Command, Air Training Corps.