A Collection of Awards to the Royal Flying Corps, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force

Pair: Flying Officer H. B. Williams, Royal Air Force, who served operationally under the famous ace Raymond Collishaw in No. 30 Squadron in Iraq in 1920

British War Medal 1914-20 (2 Lieut. H. B. Williams, R.A.F.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (F./O. H. B. Williams, R.A.F.), very fine and better (2) £250-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards to the Royal Flying Corps, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force.

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Harold Boswarick Williams was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps in March 1918 and qualified as a Kite Balloon Officer, though whether he saw action out in France remains unknown. Also a qualified pilot, he joined No. 30 Squadron as a Flying Officer out in Iraq in February 1920 and, under the immediate command of Flight Lieutenant Raymond Collishaw, O.B.E., D.S.O., D.S.C., D.F.C., participated in operations in R.E. 8s (Medal & clasp). Having then returned home to an appointment at Cranwell, he was placed on the Reserve of Officers in May 1926; sold with brief research.