Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Petty Officer Mechanic S. C. Lawrence, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service, who saw service with a Kite Balloon Section in Egypt

1914-15 Star (F. 4272 P.O.M., R.N.A.S.); British War Medal 1914-20 (F. 4272 P.O.M., R.N.A.S.), very fine (2) £40-60

Sidney Charles Lawrence, who was born in Somerset in September 1893 and a chauffeur by profession, entered the Royal Navy in April 1915. Immediately appointed a Petty Officer Mechanic in the R.N.A.S., he was assigned ‘For Service in Land Operations’ and posted to the Kite Balloon Section based at Port Said in Egypt in the following year. He appears to have returned to the U.K. in November 1917 and was transferred to the strength of the R.A.F. in April 1918.