Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Warrant Officer W. G. B. Baird, O.B.E., Royal Air Force

1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue (W/O W. G. B. Baird. (516764) R.A.F.) light contact marks, nearly very fine (6) £80-£120

O.B.E. London Gazette 8 June 1963.

William George Balchin Baird was born in Sevenoaks, Kent in 1912. Enlisting in the Royal Air Force he was advanced Warrant Officer on 1 July 1941 and served with 70 Squadron, Central Mediterranean Force during the Second World War. Remaining in the Royal Air Force post-War, he was appointed a Member of the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire in the 1963 Birthday Honours’ List.