Four: Flight Lieutenant C. G. Gerry, Royal Air Force, late Royal Air Force Vounteer Reserve, a Balloon Branch Officer

Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1953; Air Efficiency Award, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Fg. Off., R.A.F.V.R.), mounted as worn, contact marks, very fine and better (4) £120-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Roy Bartlett Collection of Awards to the R.N.A.S., R.F.C. and R.A.F..

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Cecil George Gerry was commissioned into the R.A.F’s Balloon Branch as a Pilot Officer from the rank of Aircraftman 1st Class in June 1940 (London Gazette 2 July 1940 refers). He subsequently served in the same capacity until transferring to the Administrative and Special Duties Branch in December 1944, by which date he had been advanced to Flight Lieutenant. Awarded the Air Efficiency Award in May 1947, Gerry added the Coronation Medal to his accolades in 1953, while serving at the R.A.F’s Record Office, Home Command, and was finally placed on the Retired List in March 1962.