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Auction: 9033 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 93

Three: Lieutenant R.D. Shaw, Royal Army Service Corps 1914-15 Star (2.Lieut. R.D. Shaw. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. R.D. Shaw), extremely fine Pair: Second Lieutenant L.C. Burt, Royal Field Artillery British War and Victory Medals (1354 Dvr. L.C. Burt. R.A.), very fine Pair: Staff Sergeant P. Saxby, Royal Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (S-066155 S. Sjt. P. Saxby. A.S.C.), nearly extremely fine Pair: Private R.J. Faldo, Army Cyclist Corps British War and Victory Medals (10802 Pte. R.J. Faldo. A. Cyc. Corps.), nearly extremely fine Pair: 1st Class Air Mechanic L.E. Wood, Royal Air Force, Late Royal Naval Air Service British War and Victory Medals (210004. 1.A.M. L.E. Wood. R.A.F.), extremely fine, with original named card box of issue, transmittal slip and postage envelope addressed to recipient in Ealing Pair: Private A. Eaton, Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (283503. Pte. 2. A. Eaton. R.A.F.), nearly extremely fine (13) Estimate £ 180-220 Lieutenant Robert Douglas Shaw, born 1888, educated at Ayr Academy and Ayr Grammar School; served as 3694 Lance Corporal in the 1/14th (County of London) Battalion (London Scottish) London Regiment prior to his commission into the Royal Army Service Corps, 19.5.1915; served in the French theatre of War, from 30.5.1915; Lieutenant 1.2.1916; served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, from 11.2.1918; invalided 17.1.1919. Air Mechanic 1st Class Lawrence Easton Wood, born Shoreditch, London, 1881; enlisted Royal Naval Air Service, 6.12.1915; service included at Otranto, Italy, 14.4.1917-21.5.1918; this was in fact know as the Otranto Barrage, which was designed by the Allies to prevent enemy submarines access to the Mediterranean via the Adriatic; transferred Royal Air Force, 1.4.1918; served at Howden Airship Station, 28.5.1918-23.1.1919; discharged 30.4.1920.

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