Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Victory Medal 1914-19 (820 S.M.1. A. Hamilton. R.A.F.) edge bruising and pitting, nearly very fine £80-£120

M.M. London Gazette 19 January 1917.

Alexander Hamilton was born in Dunfermline, Fife, on 23 September 1891, and joined the Royal Flying Corps on 24 February 1913. He served as a Corporal during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 August 1914 to 14 October 1915, and from 13 February 1916 to 16 February 1917; and having bean advanced Flight Sergeant on 1 March 1915, was awarded the Military Medal. He transferred to the Royal Air Force on its formation on 1 April 1918, and served again on the Western Front with 37 Squadron from 18 October 1918 to the cessation of hostilities, before transferring to the Reserve on 20 March 1919.

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