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A Great War M.B.E. pair awarded to Captain A. E. Siddons-Wilson, Royal Air Force, formerly R.N.A.S. and R.N.V.R.
The Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) 1st type; British War Medal (Capt., R.A.F.) not entitled to any other Great War medals, extremely fine (2)
M.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919.
Albert Edgar Siddons-Wilson was appointed Sub-Lieut. (Engine duties) R.N.V.R. in May 1916, and Lieutenant in April 1917. He was attached to the Royal Naval Air Service and served at the Yarmouth seaplane base as a specialist engineer officer responsible for the servicing and repair of aircraft engines. He became Lieutenant (temp Captain) in the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918.
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