Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (Raymond Victor Kann) good very fine £60-80

Raymond Victor Kann was born in Lancaster Gate, London. He was educated at Charterhouse and Geneva. He attested for the 6th Battalion Suffolk Regiment (T.F.) at Saxmundham on 4 October 1914, aged 18 years. On 31 January 1915 he was discharged to a commission in the 7th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers. With them he served in France, taking part in the battle of Loos. In June 1916 he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps and thence the Royal Air Force. Serving with the Central Flying School, R.A.F. he was killed in a flying accident on 21 August 1919, aged 22 years. The son of Rene Kann and husband of Dorothy Kann, of 96 Adelaide Road, Hampstead; he was buried in Hampstead Cemetery. With copied research.