Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 21001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 613

(x) Pair: Lieutenant T. H. Lewis, Royal Air Force, late Lancashire Fusiliers who was wounded in action above the Italian Front

British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. T. H. Lewis.), contact marks, very fine (2)

Thomas Herbert Lewis was born on 18 June 1897 and lived at 139 Glanaman Road, Cwmaman, Aberdare. He served with 15th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers in France from September 1917 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant but transferred to the Royal Air Force in 1918. Joining 34 Squadron on 8 April 1918, he flew reconnaissance and bombing missions on the Italian Front before being wounded in action on 17 September 1918. After an extended convalescence in a number of hospitals - including one in Genoa - and another brief stay in a Prisoner of War hospital, Lewis was invalided back to Britain on 24 October 1918. Promoted Lieutenant 18 March 1919 but transferred to the Unemployed List on 9 May 1919. He lived at 23 Hafren Terrace, Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, North Wales.

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Sold for
£140

Starting price
£30