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Auction: 18003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 504

(x) A scarce Great War 'balloonatic's' Belgian Croix de Guerre group of three awarded to Sergeant G. Chattington, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps

British War and Victory Medals (23843 Sgt. G. Chattington, R.A.F.); Belgium, Croix de Guerre 1914-18, together with the recipient's R.F.C. cap badge, good very fine (4)

George Chattington, a native of Sheffield, enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps in February 1916 and joined No. 19 Kite Balloon Section in France in September 1916. The gallant work of the R.F.C's 'balloonatics' needs little introduction here, a case in point being Chattington's C.O., Captain Charles Gimingham, who was shot dead on the end of his parachute in October 1917.

Advanced to Sergeant (Mechanic) in April 1918, Chattington remained actively employed with No. 19 Kite Balloon Section until the war's end. He was awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre (London Gazette 15 April 1918, refers).

Sold with the recipient's original Belgian Croix de Guerre bestowal document, in the name of 'Sergt. Chattington, George, No. 23843, No. 19 Kite Balloon Section, R.F.C.', and dated 23 June 1919; torn, conserved and mounted on card; also sold with extensive copied research, including service record.


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Sold for
£480