Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private 1st Class G. B. Brooks, Royal Air Force

British War and Victory Medals (216440 Pte. 1, R.A.F.); Belgium, Royal Household Medal, Albert, silver, mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of British Groups with Foreign Awards.

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Giles Bernard Brooks was born in Abingdon, Berkshire on 14 April 1879. He entered into the R.N.A.S. on 14 June 1916. Serving as an Aircraftsman 2nd Class, he was promoted to Aircraftsman 1st Class in April 1917 and was transferred to the R.A.F. as a Private 1st Class in April 1918. He served in Italy, May 1917-February 1919. At the time of his transfer he was serving at Otranto. Transferred to the R.A.F. Reserve in May 1919, he was discharged on 30 April 1920. He was awarded the Belgian Royal Household Medal 2nd Class in August 1925, being employed as a Hotel Porter. Belgian records list him as ‘George Brooks’. Research indicates that the King and Queen of the Belgians were in England in July 1925 and may possibly have been staying at the Claridges Hotel. With copied service papers and other research.