Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (Charles Henry Morris Platt) nearly extremely fine £200-£240

Charles Henry Morris Platt was born in Wellingborough on 4 August 1898 and attested for the Royal Field Artillery on 19 April 1916. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment on 19 July 1916, he served with them during the Great War. Promoted Lieutenant on 1 August 1917, he subsequently joined the Royal Flying Corps, and was killed in action over France on 23 November 1917, whilst serving with 52 Squadron. The R.F.C. casualty report states:
‘Machine [RE8 4273] left Aerodrome at 1040 a.m. on Artillery Observation duties over the front line,s and collided with RE8 3546. The machine crashed, and both Pilot [Platt] and Ovserver [2/Lt G. J. Cooke] killed .’

Platt is buried in Zuydcoote Military Cemetery, France.

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