Orders, Decorations and Medals

An Air Force Medal group of three awarded to Squadron Leader R. W. Jarred, Royal Air Force
Air Force Medal, G.VI.R. (362749 F/Sgt., R.A.F.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (362749 Sgt., R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (F/Sgt., R.A.F.) generally good very fine (3)

A.F.M. London Gazette 8 June 1939, ‘for meritorious service over a period’.

R. W. Jarred enlisted in the Royal Air Force as A.C.1 on 10 February 1922, attaining the rank of Temporary Warrant Officer before receiving a Commission in September 1942. Granted an Emergency Commission as a Flying Officer in the General Duties Branch R.A.F., he was promoted to Flight Lieutenant in September 1943, and to Acting Squadron Leader in February 1946. He was placed on the retired List at his own request, retaining the rank of Squadron Leader, on 27 April 1948.