Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Sergeant A. J. Jones, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, later Royal Air Force, a recipient of the rare clasp for Southern Desert, Iraq

1914-15 Star (10018 Pte. A. J. Jones, K.R.R. (sic)); British War and Victory Medals (10018 Pte. A. J. Jones, K.R.R.C.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1919-21 (EMT-43798 Pte. A. J. Jones, R.A.S.C.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Southern Desert, Iraq (351943 Cpl. A. J. Jones, R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (351943 Sgt. A. J. Jones, R.A.F.), the first three somewhat polished, nearly very fine, the remainder rather better (6) £800-£1,000

Arthur J. Jones first entered the French theatre of war as a Private in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 21 December 1914. Subsequently transferring to the Royal Army Service Corps, he was present in the Waziristan operations of 1919-21, and later still, having transferred to the Royal Air Force, in the Southern Desert, Iraq operations of January-June 1928. He was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in October 1936.