Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Major A. W. Aspinall, Army Emergency Reserve of Officers, late Captain, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, and Flight Lieutenant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. A. W. Aspinall.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953; Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Arthur William Aspinall.) good very fine and an unusual combination (5) £120-£160

Arthur William Aspinall was commissioned Second Lieutenant on the Unattached List, Indian Army, from Quetta Cadet College on 27 October 1917, and served during the Great War as a Company Officer with the 39th Garhwal Rifles from 6 November of that year. He was promoted Lieutenant on 27 October 1918, and was promoted Captain on his retirement on 27 October 1922.

Following the outbreak of the Second World War Aspinall was commissioned temporary Pilot Officer in the Administration Branch, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, on 14 February 1941, and was promoted Flying Officer on 14 February 1942, and Flight Lieutenant on 23 May 1943. He relinquished his commission on being appointed to the Army Emergency Reserve of Officers on 16 February 1952, and retired on 15 February 1959, being granted the honorary rank of Major.

In civilian life Aspinall was employed as a Senior Driving Examiner with the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, and for this role was awarded both the Coronation Medal in 1953, and the Imperial Service Medal upon his retirement in 1959 (London Gazette 26 May 1959).

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