The Collection of Medals Formed by The Late A. A. Mount

Five: Squadron Leader J. R. Goldston, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Defence and War Medals, unnamed as issued, mounted for display, nearly extremely fine and better (5) £150-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals Formed by The Late A. A. Mount.

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Sold with Air Council slip, expressing ‘sorrow that Squadron Leader J. R. Goldston ... did not live to receive them.’

John Raymond Goldston was born at Prittlewell in 1915 and educated at Lindisfarne College and Westcliff High School. As a school master, he taught at Thundersley School but with the outbreak of war, he resigned and joined the R.A.F.V.R. After early training in England he went to Canada where he received his pilot’s wings and a commission. Returning to England, he took part in a number of raids into Germany, including the first 1000 bomber raid to Cologne. Serving later in North Africa, he was killed in action whilst piloting a Halifax bomber over Tobruk, 11 November 1942. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial.