Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Second Lieutenant J. F. Kidd, Royal Air Force, an Observer with 20 Squadron, who was killed in action when his Bristol F2B was shot down near Le Quesnoy on 1 November 1918

British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. J. F. Kidd. R.A.F.) extremely fine (2) £140-£180

James Forrest Kidd was born in Edinburgh on 27 June 1897 and initially served as a Lance-Corporal with the 2nd/9th Battalion, Royal Scots. He was commissioned into the 12th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 13 September 1917, and transferred to the Royal Air Force for Observer duties on 28 May 1917. He was posted to 20 Squadron, stationed in France, on 30 September 1918, and was killed in action when his Bristol F2B, piloted by Lieutenant Phillip Segrave, was shot down whilst flying a patrol over le Quesnoy. Kidd is buried alongside his pilot in Pont-sur-Sambre Communal Cemetery, France.

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