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Auction: 19002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 145

(x) Five: Lieutenant E. E. Lockwood, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, late Royal Air Force, King's Royal Rifle Corps, Machine Gun Corps and Royal Berkshire Regiment

1914-15 Star (10694 Sjt. E. E. Lockwood. R. Berks. R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut. E. E. Lockwood. R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine (5)

Ernest Edward Lockwood was born in 1896 and lived at 128 Emmanuel Road, Balham, London. He served in France from 30 May 1915 with the Royal Berkshire Regiment and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the 20th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps on 27 September 1916. Transferring to the Royal Air Force, Lockwood served as an Observer with No. 101 Squadron from 8 April 1917 and earned a 'mention' (London Gazette 20 May 1918, refers). A month later, he attempted his Pilot examinations at Hampstead, but was transferred to the unemployed list on 29 August 1919. Lockwood was recalled to the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 1 February 1941 for service with Air Traffic Control; sold with copied service record.

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