Orders, Decorations and Medals

A post-war B.E.M. group of six awarded to Corporal C. E. Evans, Royal Air Force and Auxiliary Air Force, who was decorated for his services in the Air component of the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces, Japan

British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (842505 L.A.C. Charles E. Evans, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Air Efficiency Award, G.VI.R., 1st issue (842505 L.A.C. C. E. Evans, A.A.F.), minor contact marks and a little polished, otherwise very fine or better (6) £250-300

B.E.M. London Gazette 10 June 1948. The original recommendation states:

‘He has been employed in the amenities section of H.Q., B.C.A.I.R. [the Air component of British Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan] for the past seven months. He has devoted the major portion of his time, out of normal duty hours, to the improvement of amenities for all members of the B.C.A.I.R forces. He has been the leading personality in the formation and running of a branch of the R.A.F. Association at Iwakuni, for which he has enrolled many new members. He has taken a leading part in providing theatrical entertainment and has acted in a number of these shows. He has been largely instrumental in forming and leading an Airman’s Committee to manage their own canteen, a committee which, under his leadership, has been most successful in improving the canteen facilities and in keeping exceptionally good order and discipline. He has a strong and pleasant personality through which he exercises an excellent influence over his comrades. He has always been exceptionally reliable and industrious and has always shown outstanding leadership, initiative and unselfishness in improving the welfare of all ranks of B.C.A.I.R., particularly at Iwakuni.’

Charles Edward Evans, who presumably served in one of the Auxiliary Air Force squadrons employed by Coastal Command in the 1939-45 War, was awarded his Air Efficiency Award in AMO No. 805 of September 1948, while serving in the rank of Corporal.