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Auction: 22103 - Orders, Decorations and Medals VII - e-Auction
Lot: 562

Pair: Corporal G. R. Butt, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, who served in France with No. 19 Squadron during the Great War and later served as an A.R.P. Warden

British War and Victory Medals (16092. Cpl. G. R. Butt. R.A.F.), minor edge bruising, overall very fine (2)

George Robert Butt was born at Lambeth, Surrey on 14 October 1896, the son of Harry and Ada Butt of 18 Crown Hill, Lambeth. Enlisting with the Royal Flying Corps on 3 December 1915 he served with No. 19 Squadron as a Aircraftman Class II. This unit was posted in France between July 1916 and April 1917 during which time they were engaged on the Somme.

Butt was promoted Aircraftman Class I on 1 January 1917 and further advanced Corporal on 1 October of that year. Transferring to the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918 he continued to serve until transferred to the R.A.F. Reserve on 9 March 1919. Butt was living in Cornwall during the Second World War and served with the A.R.P. during this time, he died of bronchopneumonia at Plymouth, Devon on 10 June 1982; sold together with an archive of original and copied researching comprising:

(i)
Medical Cards.

(ii)
Cards of condolence.

(iii)
St. John's Ambulance Association First Aid Certificate.

(iv)
University of Orford examination certificate.

(v)
London Council Certificate of Education.

(vi)
A Passport.

(vii) A series of letters and envelopes addressed to the recipient.

(viii)
A collection of 43 family photographs of the recipient and his wife as children.
(ix)

A driving license.
(x)
copied birth, marriage and death certificates.

(xi)
Three photographs of the recipient in uniform.

(xii) Copied service records.

(xiii)
Extracts relating to No. 19 Squadron.

(xiv) A copied Civil Defence A.R.P. certificate named to 'Mr G. R. Butt'

(xv)
A named and numbered dog tag.

(xvi)
A commemorative medal for the National Union of School Orchestras' Annual Festival at Crystal Place dated 1911.

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Sold for
£75

Starting price
£40