The Collection of Medals to the Coldstream Guards, R.F.C., R.N.A.S. and R.A.F. formed by the late Tom Baugh

Pair: Flying Officer E. C. Usher-Somers, Royal Air Force, who flew operationally as an Observer in the Waziristan operations of 1919-21

British War Medal 1914-20 (2 Lieut. E. C. Usher-Somers, R.A.F.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1919-21 (F./O. E. C. Usher-Somers, R.A.F.), minor contact marks, good very fine (2) £180-220

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Coldstream Guards, R.F.C., R.N.A.S. and R.A.F. formed by the late Tom Baugh.

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Edmund Cronin Usher-Somers, who was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the newly established Royal Air Force in April 1918, served in No. 20 Squadron, 2 Indian Wing, in the Waziristan operations of 1919-21, and was advanced to Flying Officer (Observer) in September 1920.