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12 November 2020

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№ 185

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12 November 2020

Hammer Price:
£340

Three: Second Lieutenant A. E. Doncaster, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, late Orderly, British Red Cross Society, who served as a D.H.4 Observer with 57 Squadron and was shot down and taken prisoner of war during the Battle of Amiens, 8 August 1918

1914 Star (A. E. Doncaster, B.R.C.S. & O. St.J.J.); British War and Victory Medals (2/Lieut. A. E. Doncaster. R.A.F.) BWM with official corrections, good very fine (3) £300-£400

Arthur Ernest Doncaster was born in March 1892, and resided in Stamford Hill, London. He served during the Great War as an Orderly with the Baltic and Corn Exchange Unit, British Red Cross Society in the French theatre of war from 10 November 1914. Doncaster subsequently transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in November 1917, and to the Royal Air Force in April 1918 - carrying out training as a Temporary Second Lieutenant Observer. He was posted for operational flying to 57 Squadron (D.H.4’s) from Le Quesnoy in July 1918.

Doncaster was shot down, with his pilot Lieutenant L. L. Brown, D.F.C., after a combat over Moislains Aerodrome, 8 August 1918. On the latter date the Squadron were engaged in an early morning bombing raid as part of the Battle of Amiens. Both Doncaster and Brown were initially recorded as missing in action, before being confirmed as taken prisoner of war. Doncaster was repatriated, 13 December 1918.