Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War A.F.C. awarded to Lieutenant G. Harwood, Royal Air Force, late Suffolk and Essex Regiments

Air Force Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in its John Pinches case of issue, good very fine £800-1000

A.F.C. London Gazette 3 June 1919.

Gerlad Harwood was originally commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, in January 1915, and would also appear to have served in the Essex Regiment. Sometime thereafter transferring to the Royal Air Force, he was killed in a flying accident on 1 May 1919. The son of Horace Gildon Harwood and Hilda Harwood of the Rookery, Chislehurst, he was 24 years of age and is buried in Chislehurst (St. Nicholas) Churchyard, Kent.

Sold with original Air Ministry A.F.C. forwarding letter addressed to the recipient’s father, dated 27 October 1919, in which the Secretary of State conveys his high appreciation of a ‘gallant and distinguished son’.