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Auction: 22075 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 83

Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Capt. H. W. S. Outram. R.E.), some light scratching to obverse otherwise good very fine

Harold William Sydney Outram was born in Cambridge in 1887. Commissioned into the Royal Engineers (London Division Electrical Engineers) in 1909 (London Gazette, 23 July 1909 refers), during the Great War HE served in France from August 1916. He clearly had a fascination with aviation engineering: his Medal Index Card notes issue of the British War and Victory Medals by the Air Ministry and he is later recorded as Deputy Director of Aeronautical Inspection, with further reference to 'Service since 1915 as Inspector, Chief Inspector and Deputy Director, Aircraft Inspection Department, Royal Air Force' (London Gazette, 4 September 1925 refers). He was a member of the Royal Air Force Club in Piccadilly and the Royal Aero Club. Susequently appointed C.B.E., and adding a Territorial Decoration to his laurels (Edinburgh Gazette, 17 October 1922 refers) in addition to further promotion, Lt-Col. Outram died in Buckinghamshire in May 1944.

Sold with copied M.I.C., some copied research, the original Spink purchase receipt, dated July 1947, and a card index note, stating: "Bought MEPB Spink July 1947. £3-0.0"

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Sold for
£230