Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A scarce Great War A.F.M. awarded to Sergeant Mechanic R. H. Derry, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force, who served at the R.N.A.S. Airship Station Luce Bay, 1916-18

Air Force Medal, G.V.R. (208252 Sergt. Mech. Derry. R. H., R.A.F.) suspension slack, very fine £1,400-£1,800

A.F.M. London Gazette 2 November 1918.

One of 102 Air Force Medals awarded for the Great War.

Richard Harry Derry was born in Lincoln in January 1882, and resided with his wife at 2 Denman Road, Peckham, London. He enlisted as A.M. 1 in the Royal Naval Air Service on 16 September 1915. Derry advanced to Petty Officer (Engineer) in February 1918, and transferred as Sergeant Mechanic in to the Royal Air Force in April 1918. His service during the Great War included at H.M.S. President II, and at the R.N.A.S. Airship Station Luce Bay in Scotland, from August 1916. Derry was discharged in April 1920.