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Auction: 25003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 217

(x) The M.B.E. campaign group of six awarded to Captain F. A. B. Barnard, Royal Fusiliers, latterly Royal Air Force

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd Type, Civil Division (M.B.E.) Member's breast Badge, silver; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. F. A. B. Barnard. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. F. A. B. Barnard.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine (6)

M.B.E. London Gazette 9 June 1955 (Civil Substitution Officer, HQ Flying Training Command)

Francis Arthur Buchanan Barnard disembarked on 7 August 1915 with the 5th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. He was 'mentioned' (London Gazette 22 May 1917, refers) and by the end of the Great War, had been promoted from 2nd Lieutenant to Captain. Barnard then served throughout the Second World War with the regimental number 74989. From 1 September - July 1944, he appears of Royal Air Force lists serving with the Administrative Special Duties Branch as a Squadron Leader in the Territorials and was mentioned in dispatches.

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Estimate
£200 to £300

Starting price
£160