Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Air Mechanic 1st Class F. H. Wheeler, Royal Air Force

British War and Victory Medals (106390 1.A.M. F. H. Wheeler. R.A.F.) slight discolouration to VM, very fine (2) £60-£80

Francis Harold Wheeler was born in Alderbury, Wiltshire, in 1880, and joined the 489 Reserve Field Company Royal Engineers on 22 November 1916. Transferring to the Royal Flying Corps, he served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 November 1917 to 22 February 1919, as an Aero Rigger in the 2nd Aeroplane Supply Depot. He was promoted Air Mechanic 1st Class on 1 October 1918, and having transferred to the reserve on 23 March 1919, was discharged on 30 April 1926.