Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lieutenant J. Caldwell, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, who was killed in action while serving as a pilot in No. 57 Squadron in August 1918

British War Medal 1914-20 (2 Lieut. J. Caldwell, R.A.F.); Brighouse Great War Tribute Medal 1914-18, oval, bronze, the reverse engraved, ‘Sec. Lieut. J. Caldwell, R.A.F.’, with Victory’ bar with reverse pin wearing, and original embroidered coat of arms riband, good very fine and better (2) £150-200

James Caldwell, a native of Brighouse, Yorkshire, was born in July 1898, and was educated at Huddersfield Technical College. Having then served as a Lance-Corporal in a Training Battalion on the home establishment, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in August 1917 and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on qualifying as a pilot in May 1918. Posted to No. 57 Squadron out in France, he was killed in action on 29 August, his D.H. 4 being shot down during a combat over Douai - a victim of Jasta 1 ace Vizefeldwebel Georg Staudacher. His Observer, Sergeant A. T. Wareing was also killed and, in common with Caldwell, is commemorated on the Arras Flying Services Memorial. The latter’s British War and Victory Medals were sent to his mother at 119 Bradfield Road, Brighouse, Yorkshire, in March 1922; sold with copied service record.