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Auction: 11011 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 125

Pair: Captain L.H. Bainbridge-Bell, [M.C.], Royal Air Force, Late Royal Munster Fusiliers 1914-15 Star (Lieut. L.H. Bainbridge-Bell. R. Muns. Fus.); British War Medal (Capt. L.H. Bainbridge-Bell. R.A.F.), nearly extremely fine (2) Estimate £ 200-250 M.C. London Gazette 20.10.1916 Temp. Lt. Labouchere Hillyer Bainbridge-Bell, R. Muns. Fus. ´For conspicuous gallantry during operations. He continually repaired breaks in the line during several days of heavy shelling, never hesitating to go out when the wires were cut. He was several times smothered in debris, and was much bruised. Captain Labouchere Hillyer Bainbridge-Bell, M.C., Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Munster Fusiliers; served with the Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 18.12.1915; transferred, Royal Flying Corps, 1917; Lieutenant, Royal Air Force, 1.4.1918. After the War Bainbridge-Bell pursued a career in radio research, and working alongside Robert Watson Watt as part of a five man team at the Telecommunications Research Establishment helped develop the first early warning radar system in 1935; the following year the establishment was transferred from the National Physical Laboratory to the Air Ministry. Further research and development continued up until the outbreak of War in 1939, by which time the system was sufficiently advanced to play a significant role in the Battle of Britain.

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