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Auction: 21001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 702

(x) Five: Corporal A. Faith, Parachute Regiment, a member of the elite Red Devils Parachute display team who competed at the World Championships

General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24791126 Pte A Faith Para); N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, no clasp; Operational Service Medal 2000, for Afghanistan, 1 clasp, Afghanistan (24791126 Cpl A Faith Para); Jubilee 2002; Accumulated Campaign Service 1994 (24791126 LCpl A Faith Para), mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (5)

Aaron Faith enlisted in the Parachute Regiment on 18 December 1986 and qualified as an Army Parachutist on 15 September 1987, joining the 1st Battalion upon their tour of Northern Ireland from 18 July-30 November 1988 based at Bessbrook. Qualified as a USA Army Parachutist on 16 April 1989, the Battalion returned to Northern Ireland from 20 February 1991. He served with the 2nd Battalion as part of 16 Air Assault Brigade in Macedonia in 2001.

Faith qualified in Mountineering on 18 July and as a Free Fall Parachutist with descents in August 1992. He was awarded Specialist Parachute Pay in April 2006 and advanced to Sergeant on 1 October 2007. A member of the Red Devils and an Instructor at the Joint Services Parachute Course, he was discharged with the following appraisal on 4 March 2012:

'He has proved a steadfast instructor and has been responsible for the delivery of the two annual advanced parachute courses. He is a world class athlete and is one of only two people to win gold in both 4-way and 8-way teams in the same year at the National Parachuting Championships.'

Faith continued in this field upon leaving the Army and his profile on Skydivemag.com gives the following:

'Aaron Faith is a passionate British skydiver and a former member of Satori 4-way team. . Almost from the beginning he was hooked on competition skydiving and he followed his dream competing in both 4-way and 8-way. In 2007 Aaron and Julia Foxwell (now Swallow) decided to form Satori team which won many Nationals along the years. In 2012 Satori won the bronze medal at the World Cup in Czech Republic, which was the first medal for an open British team since 1979. Aaron is currently based in Bahrain working as a military skydiving instructor.'

Sold together with copied Certificate of Service and photographs from his career.

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Sold for
£800

Starting price
£400

Sale 21001 Notices
The Accumulated Campaign Service Medal is an official replacement and marked as such after the recipient's name