Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Flying Officer C. F. Barnes, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, late Royal Air Force

British War and Victory Medals (16114 F. Sgt., R.A.F.); Defence Medal, unnamed; Cadet Forces Medal, G.VI.R. (Fg. Off., R.A.F.V.R.(T)), good very fine (4) £80-100

Private Charles Barnes, Royal Fusiliers, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 1 June 1915. He later served with the R.F.C. and R.A.F. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star. Appointed a Pilot Officer in the R.A.F.V.R. Training Branch in September 1946, being promoted to Flying Officer in April 1947. Awarded the Cadet Forces Medal in 1953, he resigned his commission in January 1954. With copied m.i.c. and gazette extracts.