Six: Pilot Officer H. R. Johns, Royal Air Force, late Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (Wg. Cdr. H. R. Johns, R.A.F.); Coronation 1953, mounted as worn, very fine and better (6) £250-300

Harold Rosewell Johns, who was born in May 1910, was commissioned as an Acting Pilot Officer in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in December 1939 and was awarded a “mention” for his services in the Equipment Branch during the 1939-45 War (London Gazette 11 June 1942 refers). Appointed to a permanent commission at the end of hostilities, he was awarded the Coronation Medal in 1953 while serving at H.Q. Bomber Command (the official roll refers), and was advanced to Wing Commander in January 1954 prior to being placed on the Retired List in May 1962; sold with the recipient’s original commission warrant for the rank of Acting Pilot Officer, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, dated 1 December 1939.