Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20, with M.I.D. oak leaves [sic] (Lt. Commr. T. L. Oliver. R.N.V.R.) nearly extremely fine £140-£180

Thomas Langford Oliver attested for the Royal Fusiliers at London on 6 October 1914, but was discharged on medical grounds on 29 April 1915. He was commissioned temporary Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 31 December 1915, and was posted to H.M.S. President, Royal Naval Air Service, for Airship Duties. He served during the Great War in the Airships sections, and was promoted Lieutenant-Commander on 1 January 1918. Transferring to the Royal Air Force on its formation on 1 April 1918 he served initially in No. 15 Section, before subsequently serving as a Staff Officer in the Airships unit. Transferring to the Unemployed List on 11 March 1919, he relinquished his commission later that year and was granted the honorary rank of Major. For his services during the Great War he was ‘Mentioned’ for Valuable Services on 29 August 1919.

Sold with the recipient’s original Discharge Certificate from the Royal Fusiliers and extracts from the recipient’s 1914 diary; Commission appointing him a Temporary Lieutenant, R.N.V.R.; Great War Testimonial; various letters; and the recipient’s Last Will and Testament, along with various documents of a financial nature dealing with his estate; together with copied service record and other research.