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Auction: 5012 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 544

A Rare Army M.S.M. to the R.F.C. in a Group of Five to Sergeant Major E. Fowles, Royal Flying Corps and British South Africa Police British War and Victory Medals (80 S.M.1 E.Fowles. R.A.F.); 1939-45 War Medal; Permanent Forces of the Empire Beyond the Seas Long Service & G.C., G.V.R. (2034 Staff Cpl. Ernest Fowles. B.S.A. Police); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (80 Sjt: E. Fowles R.F.C.), good very fine, the group mounted as worn (5) Estimate £ 800-1,000M.S.M. London Gazette 1.17.1917, Sjt (A./S./M.), R.F.C. Permanent Forces of the Empire Beyond the Seas L.S.G.C. Southern Rhodesia Gazette 21.10.1927 Sergeant Major Ernest Fowles, born Bracknell, Berkshire, 1887; served in the Grenadier Guards 1909-1912 before joining the Royal Flying Corps 27.6.1912; during the Great War he served in France from 13.2.1916 to 9.7.1917 and again from 23.5.1918 to 15.2.1919; advanced to Sergeant Major (Drill Instructor), and transferred to the Royal Air Force; discharged 24.8.1921 and immediately joined the British South African Police at Banket, Southern Rhodesia.

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