Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Memorial Plaque to Lieutenant B. J. W. M. Moore, M.C., Royal Flying Corps, who was killed as a result of an aero accident on 10 June 1917

Memorial Plaque (Beaufoi John Warwick Montressor Moore) nearly extremely fine £300-£400

M.C. London Gazette 27 July 1916:
‘For conspicuous gallantry and skill. He has destroyed two enemy kite balloons, one of which was being guarded by an enemy aeroplane. He has repeatedly attacked hostile aircraft, on one occasion attacking a flight of four, all of which he drove down, and two of which he followed to 2,000 feet, one being apparently hard hit.’

Beaufoi John Warwick Montressor Moore was born in London on 25 January 1885 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps in August 1915. He served with 1 Squadron during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 February 1916, and was awarded the Military Cross later that summer, being invested with the M.C. by H.M. the King at Buckingham Palace on 14 February 1917. Promoted Lieutenant on 1 December 1916, he was killed as a result of an aero accident at home on 10 June 1917, whilst giving instruction in the manoeuvring of the latest types of aircraft, and is buried in Gosport Cemetery, Hampshire.

Sold with a large file of copied research.