Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lieut. C. L. Middleton. R.F.C.) nearly very fine £60-£80

Charles Leonard Middleton attested for the 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria’s Rifles), London Regiment, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 4 November 1914. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment on 29 July 1915, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps on 24 November 1917, and saw active service with them in Egypt. Returning home on 26 March 1918, he was declared unfit for flying duties, transferring as a Founder Member to the Royal Air Force with the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April 1918. He was transferred to the Unemployed List on 4 May 1919; given that his Victory Medal is named R.F.C. he did not serve overseas after 1 April 1918.

Sold with copied service record.