Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (2. Lieut. A. R. Padmore. R.A.F.) very fine £80-£100

Alan Reynolds Padmore, a native of Edgbaston, Birmingham, was born in 1900, and served during the Great War in the Royal Naval Air Service and later the Royal Air Force, latterly in 217 Squadron as Probationary Flying Officer. He was killed in action on 28 September 1918, whilst piloting a DH.4, No. F5704, returning from a bombing raid on Ostende; his aircraft crashed and was totally wrecked west of Furnes; his Observer was also killed. He is buried in Dunkirk Town Cemetery, France.