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Auction: 19003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 251

Pair: Flight Lieutenant C. F. Pearce, Royal Air Force

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (F/O. C. F. Pearce. R.A.F.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (F/L. C. F. Pearce. R.A.F.), good very fine (2)

Charles Fox Pearce successfully passed through the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell, and was granted a permanent commission as Pilot Officer with effect and seniority from 15 July 1933 (London Gazette 15 August 1933, refers). Promoted Flying Officer 9 April 1935, Squadron Leader 1 June 1939, and Temporary Wing Commander 1 June 1941, he returned home to Hulham House, Exmouth, to marry Clare Mary Lovell on 8 September 1941 at the Church of the Holy Ghost, Exmouth. He died at Toronto, Canada on 2 March 1971.

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