Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Wing Commander K. R. Warton, Royal Air Force, who was killed in an aircraft accident on 15 July 1948

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (Sqn. Ldr. K. R. Warton. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards (the clasp on the GSM the NGS version reading ‘Palestine 1936-1939’), these similarly mounted, nearly extremely fine (5) £140-£180

Glendining’s, March 1976.

Kenneth Reid Warton was born in Bristol on 24 November 1906 and was educated at Kelly College, Tavistock. He was commissioned a Pilot Officer in the General Duties Branch, Royal Air Force, on 21 March 1929, and was promoted Flying Officer on 21 September 1930; Flight Lieutenant on 1 April 1936; and Squadron Leader on 1 April 1939. He served on the Engineer Staff at HQ, R.A.F. Palestine and Trans-Jordan in Jerusalem from 7 November 1938.

Promoted Wing Commander on 1 March 1941, Warton transferred to the Technical Branch on 31 May 1946, and was killed in an aircraft accident when BOAC Dakota G-AGKN - on a cargo flight from R.A.F. Luqa, Malta, to Toulon, France - crashed into the cliffs at Cap Sicie near Toulon whilst on approach on 15 July 1948, killing all six on board. He is buried at St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille. The official Report on the accident is held by the National Archives under a 75-year closure period; it is due to be opened at the end of 2024.

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