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Auction: 9033 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 108

Pair: Second Lieutenant J.G. Moore, Royal Flying Corps, Killed Whilst Flying, 2.1.1918 British War and Victory Medals (2./Lieut. J.G. Moore. R.F.C.), minor edge bruise to BWM, good very fine or better (2) Estimate £ 140-180 Second Lieutenant Jack Greville Moore, born Burma, 1898, his father was a Manager of a Trading Corporation in Bombay; enlisted as Private 28th (Artist´s Rifles) Battalion London Regiment, 14.10.1915; transferred to Royal Flying Corps, as a Cadet, 8.10.1916, and was posted to Denham F.T.S. on the latter date; commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant 27.2.1917, and posted as a Pilot to 81 Squadron; whilst flying Avro 2682, ´2/Lieut J.G. Moore ´stalled´ his machine at a height of about 100 feet and nose-dived into the ground´ (service papers refer), 11.4.1917; he rejoined his squadron, after recuperation, and after several other training postings was flying with 81 Squadron again, when he was killed whilst flying Camel D6470, 2.1.1918, at Scampton; he is buried in Lincoln (Newport) Cemetery, Lincolnshire.

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