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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 329

Three: Flight Officer D. Blackstone, Women's Auxiliary Air Force
Defence and War Medals; Jubilee 1977, on lady's bow riband, in Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine, with the following original items
- Named card box of issue for campaign awards, addressed to 'Flt. Off. D. Blackstone 18, St. Georges Square, Stamford, Lincs.', complete with enclosure and medal slip
- Four photographs of recipient, including two in uniform; and a file of research (3)

Flight Officer Doreen Blackstone (1919-2004), born Wothorpe House, Wothorpe, Stamford; her father G.M. Blackstone was the eldest son and heir of E.C. Blackstone, whose firm were a large manufacturer of agricultural machinery and industrial engines; E.C. Blackstone & Co were to become part of Lister Diesels, Hawker Siddeley and ultimately G.E.C.; after school and secretarial college in London Doreen Blackstone joined the administration branch of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force; advanced to Flight Officer for service during the Second War; after the war she was employed as Assistant Secretary, Haig Homes and Officers Family Association, Lincolnshire; it was in the latter capacity that she received her Jubilee Medal; she continued to live in Stamford in later life, becoming a founder member of Stamford Arts Centre; she also served as Secretary of the English Scottish Terrier Club, 1984-2002.

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