Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Corporal O. H. Armitage, No. 103 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who was killed on 26 October 1918 on the Western Front

British War and Victory Medals (40322 Cpl., R.A.F.); together with memorial plaque (Oliver Holden Armitage) and Buckingham Palace letter, nearly extremely fine (3) £160-180

Oliver Holden Armitage was killed along with his pilot on 26 October 1918 whilst flying as an Observer in a DH9 aircraft on the Western Front, when his plane came down enroute from Floringhem to Ronchin. The research included with the lot does not identify whether this was as a result of enemy action or mechanical failure. He is buried at Cambrin Military Cemetery, France.