Eight: Squadron Leader H. G. Goacher, Royal Air Force, who was awarded the M.S.M. for his services in South Russia in 1919

British War and Victory Medals (51210 Cpl. H. G. Goacher, R.A.F.), both with officially re-impressed naming; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (51210 Cpl. H. G. Goacher, R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (51210 Sgt. H. G. Goacher, R.A.F.), the Great War awards and M.S.M. heavily polished, thus fine, the remainder very fine or better (8) £400-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards to the Royal Flying Corps, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force.

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M.S.M. London Gazette 12 July 1920 (South Russia).

Herbert George Goacher, who was born in November 1897, joined the Royal Flying Corps in November 1915.

Disembarked in Russia in July 1919, he served as a Corporal and Fitter (Turner) in the Cuban Group aircraft repair depot in South Russia and, it would appear, with H.Q. Flight, No. 47 Squadron, until returning home in the S.S. Hanover in March 1920.

Awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in August 1934, Goacher was serving as a Warrant Officer on the renewal of hostilities, and was commissioned as a Flying Officer in the Technical Branch in May 1940. And by the time he was placed on the Retired List in December 1945, he had risen to the rank of Squadron Leader; sold with copied research.