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Auction: 14002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 21

A Rare Inter-War 'Mesopotamia 1921' D.F.M. Pair to Corporal L. Nicholas, Royal Air Force
a) Distinguished Flying Medal, G.V.R. (157612 A.C.1. L. Nicholas. R.A.F.)
b) General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., two clasps, Iraq, N.W. Persia (157612. A.C.2. (A/Cpl.) L. Nicholas. R.A.F.), toned, good very fine, mounted for wear (2)

D.F.M. London Gazette 28.10.1921 157612 A.C.1. Nicholas, Llewellyn, R.A.F. 'For operations in Mesopotamia.'

157612 Leading Aircraftsman Llewellyn Nicholas, D.F.M., born Penzance, Cornwall, 1901; joined the Royal Flying Corps as a Boy Entrant, December 1917; qualified as a Fitter, Aircraftsman 2nd Class, May 1919; posted to France, June of the same year, and service in Mesopotamia, from January 1920; posted to 6 Squadron (R.E.8's and B. F2b's), Baghdad West, March 1920; shortly after the Armistice 6 Squadron was transferred to the Middle East and arrived in Iraq in July 1919; the squadron was tasked with patrol duties, initially against Turkish-backed rebels in Northern Iraq and later it carried out policing duties over the desert; advanced Leading Aircraftsman, 1.3.1921; Acting Corporal, 1.2.1922; posted to 208 Squadron (B. F2b's), Ismailia, Egypt, March 1922, shortly before transferring later the same month to 216 Squadron (D.H. 10's); transferred to the Reserve, June 1923.

Provenance:
Spink, April 2000

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