Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lieutenant F. J. Brotheridge, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who was killed in action when his Sopwith Camel was shot down in flames on the Western Front on 19 May 1918

British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. F. J. Brotheridge. R.A.F.) good very fine (2) £140-£180

Frederick John Brotheridge was born in Ashleworth, Gloucestershire, in 1899 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps. He served with 3 Squadron during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action when his Sopwith Camel D6433 was shot down in flames out of control at approximately 6:30 a.m. on 19 May 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Flying Services Memorial, France.

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