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Auction: 16001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 246

An Interesting Campaign Group of Five to Lieutenant S.C. Philpott, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and Fleet Air Arm, Late Pilot Officer Royal Air Force; A Talented Artist, and Aircraft and Ship Recognition Expert - His Long And Varied Service Career Encompassed 23 Years, Including Two Stints With the Kent Constabulary
1939-1945 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals; Naval General Service 1915-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Near East (L/FX.670811 S.C. Philpott. P.O. R.N.), generally very fine or better, mounted as worn, with a leather portfolio full of a number of high-quality pencil sketches (the majority signed by the recipient) including 20 military aircraft, 7 animal studies and number of portraits including of Winston Churchill (the latter sketch being pictured with the artist in a newspaper cutting); newspaper cuttings and other ephemera (lot)

Lieutenant Stanley Cyril Philpott (1913-1975), born Folkestone, Kent; educated at Sidney Street and George Spurgeon Council Schools, Folkestone; after early employment as a Signwriter and Glasswriter and then as an Apprentice Tinsmith and Coppersmith, he served in the Kent County Constabulary, 1935-1939; released at the outbreak of the Second War, in order to join the Royal Air Force; posted as Aircrew to 23 (Night Fighter) Squadron, Ford, Sussex, 1940; he 'is now Pilot Officer Gunnery Leader. He joined the R.A.F. in 1940 as an Air Gunner and quickly rose to the rank of Sergeant. He was sent on an instructors' course and afterwards was appointed Gunnery Instructor. Next came a Gunnery Leaders' course, following which he received his commission. He is an expert in aircraft and ship recognition.... His prowess as a swimmer stood him in good stead in July, 1940, when he made great efforts to rescue the body of a Spitfire pilot who had been shot down into the sea over Folkestone' (Newspaper cutting refers); Second War postings included: No. 10 Bombing and Gunnery School, Dumfries; No.1 Air Armament School, Manby; Gunnery Leaders Course, Castle Kennedy and 21 O.T.U., Moreton in the Marsh; he was 'Grounded' for medical reasons and sent to the Aircrew Disposal Centre, Brighton, in 1942; commissioned Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1943; employed as an Armament Instructor and on Aircraft Recognition Courses; released from service in 1946, he returned to the Kent Constabulary; resigned after two years, and joined the Fleet Air Arm as a Gunner Instructor, with whom he served from 1948-1960; later employment included with H.M. Customs & Excise, Dover.

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