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Auction archive: Lot number 680

The Bill and Angela Strong Medal

Estimate
£250 - £300
ca. US$408 - US$490
Price realised:
£680
ca. US$1,111
Auction archive: Lot number 680

The Bill and Angela Strong Medal

Estimate
£250 - £300
ca. US$408 - US$490
Price realised:
£680
ca. US$1,111
Beschreibung:

The Bill and Angela Strong Medal Collection Five: Sergeant A. A. Whiting, Royal Air Force, late Auxiliary Air Force and onetime Aden Protectorate Levies Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (840489 Sgt. A. A. Whiting, R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (840489 Sgt. A. A. Whiting, R.A.F.); Air Efficiency Award, G.VI.R., 1st issue (840489 Cpl. A. A. Whiting, R.A.F.), mounted as worn, generally good very fine (5) £250-300 Footnote Alfred Arthur Whiting, who was born in Kennington, London in January 1908, enlisted in the Auxiliary Air Force in November 1938 and remained employed in that capacity until transferring to the Royal Air Force in June 1946, having in the interim qualified as a motor transport driver and attained the rank of Corporal. Advanced to Sergeant at the end of the latter year, and awarded his Air Efficiency Award in June 1947, Whiting served out in Aden 1957-58, including attachment to the H.Q., Aden Protectorate Levies (Medal & clasp), and added the L.S. & G.C. Medal to his accolades in December 1962. He was discharged to a pension in the following year, but died suddenly in July 1963; sold with copied service record.

Auction archive: Lot number 680
Auction:
Datum:
18 May 2011
Auction house:
Dix Noonan Webb
16 Bolton St, Mayfair
London, W1J 8BQ
United Kingdom
auctions@dnw.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7016 1700
+44 (0)20 7016 1799
Beschreibung:

The Bill and Angela Strong Medal Collection Five: Sergeant A. A. Whiting, Royal Air Force, late Auxiliary Air Force and onetime Aden Protectorate Levies Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (840489 Sgt. A. A. Whiting, R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (840489 Sgt. A. A. Whiting, R.A.F.); Air Efficiency Award, G.VI.R., 1st issue (840489 Cpl. A. A. Whiting, R.A.F.), mounted as worn, generally good very fine (5) £250-300 Footnote Alfred Arthur Whiting, who was born in Kennington, London in January 1908, enlisted in the Auxiliary Air Force in November 1938 and remained employed in that capacity until transferring to the Royal Air Force in June 1946, having in the interim qualified as a motor transport driver and attained the rank of Corporal. Advanced to Sergeant at the end of the latter year, and awarded his Air Efficiency Award in June 1947, Whiting served out in Aden 1957-58, including attachment to the H.Q., Aden Protectorate Levies (Medal & clasp), and added the L.S. & G.C. Medal to his accolades in December 1962. He was discharged to a pension in the following year, but died suddenly in July 1963; sold with copied service record.

Auction archive: Lot number 680
Auction:
Datum:
18 May 2011
Auction house:
Dix Noonan Webb
16 Bolton St, Mayfair
London, W1J 8BQ
United Kingdom
auctions@dnw.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7016 1700
+44 (0)20 7016 1799
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