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Auction: 14001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 71

A Well Documented Great War 'Military Division' O.B.E. Group of Four to Major D.A.B. Morle, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force
a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Military Division, Officer's (O.B.E.) breast Badge, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1919)
b) 1914-15 Star (F.1001, D.A.B. Morle. P.O.M., R.N.A.S.)
c) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Major D.A.B. Morle. R.A.F.), good very fine or better, mounted as originally worn, with the following related items:
- The recipient's related miniature awards
- Bestowal Document for the Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., named to Major Denzil Adair Bartlett-Morle, dated 3.6.1919
- M.I.D. Certificate, dated 1.5.1918, glazed and framed
- Commission appointing Denzil Adair Bartlett-Morle, Temporary Major, Royal Air Force, dated 1.12.1918
- Membership Card for the Old Comrades' Association, No.2. Coy. A.C.C., R.N.A.S., giving recipient as President
- Portrait Photograph of recipient in uniform, glazed and framed
- Various photographs from service in France, 1918-19 (4)

O.B.E. London Gazette 3.6.1919 Maj. Denzil Adair Bartlett Morle, Royal Air Force
'In recognition of distinguished services rendered during the War.'

M.I.D. London Gazette 1.5.1918 Lieut, (actg. Lieut.-Cdr.) Denzil Adair Bartlett Morle, R.N.V.R.
'For zeal and devotion to duty with the Royal Naval Air Service, July-December 1917'

Major Denzil Adair Bartlett Morle, O.B.E., born St. James's, London, 1879; prior to the war was employed as a Surveyor and resided at 162 Warwick Street, Ecclestone Square; joined the Royal Naval Air Service as Petty Officer Mechanic, 28.10.1914; served at H.M.S. Pembroke and H.M.S. President before being commissioned Temporary Lieutenant, R.N.V.R., for duty with the Air Service Constructional Company, 29.6.1916; he served in this capacity at: Vendome Air Station, from August 1916; Pulham Airship Station, from January 1917; Dover Air Station, from February 1917; Mullion Airship Station, from March 1917; Scapa Air Station, from September 1917 and both Pulham Airship Station and West Drayton Air Station in December 1917 (M.I.D.); Temporary Acting Lieutenant Commander, 1.10.1917; transferred Captain, Royal Air Force, 1.4.1918, and served once again in the French theatre of war, from September 1918; after the war he continued to serve as a Civil Engineer with the R.A.F., and advanced to Honorary Squadron Leader (Technical), 15.6.1920; he retired the following year.


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