Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Squadron Leader G. Whatling, Royal Air Force

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (590137 Cpl. G. Whatling, R.A.F.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (590137 Sgt. G. Whatling, R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (Act. Sqn. Ldr. G. Whatling, R.A.F.), together with his silver identity bracelet, generally good very fine (5) £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals The Property of a Gentleman.

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George Whatling, who was born in January 1911, enlisted in the Royal Air Force as an Apprentice Clerk in April 1928, and was commissioned from Flight Sergeant in June 1940. Mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 1 January 1946 refers), he was placed on the Retired List as a Squadron Leader in September 1951 after a final appointment in the Secretarial Branch; sold with brief research.