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Auction: 19003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 115

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1925 (Plt. Off. C. N. A. B. Mumby. R.A.F.), a late issue, very fine

Charles Nicolas Alexander Bernard Mumby was born on 29 July 1902 in France and served with the Royal Flying Corps. He qualified as Pilot, witnessing extensive service in biplane aircraft on the North West Frontier, relinquishing his commission on completion of service in 1932. Serving with the Administrative and Special Duties Branch, R.A.F.V.R., during the Second World War, he was appointed Flight Lieutenant on 15 August 1944 (London Gazette 20 October 1944, refers) and Squadron Leader retaining the rank of Wing Commander on 6 August 1954. Mumby left the service shortly thereafter and worked as a Colonial Civil Servant before retiring to Church Farm House, Icklesham, Sussex. He passed away at the Royal East Sussex Hospital, Hastings, on 14 March 1966.

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