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1657 SERJEANT JOHN SMITH, HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT SUBSEQUENTLY 342120 FLIGHT-SERGEANT, ROYAL AIR FORCE
British War Medal; Victory Medal 1914-19 (1657 Sjt. Hamps.R.); General Service Medal 1918-62, bar, 'Kurdistan' GVR. coinage head, (342120 Sgt. RAF.); Royal Air Force Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, GVR. coinage head, (342120 F/Sgt. RAF.) : (JOHN SMITH - Served in World War One with the 6th.Battalion, Hampshire Regiment and subsequently 7th. & 8th. Battalions, The Queen's Regiment. On 17 October 1918, he received some form of injury to his foot for which he was treated at 31 Ambulance Train, Etaples. He was demobilized from the Army at the end of the war and sometime later, after September 1919, he joined the Royal Air Force and went on to serve in Kurdistan in 1923, in the operations against the Kurdish, chief Sheik Mahmoud. Only No's 6; 30 and 63 Squadrons, RAF. took part in these operations, between 19 March - 18 June 1923. On 14 November 1930 the recipient disembarked from H.M.T 'Lancashire' at Singapore and was taken on the strength of the local Squadron, he was then shown as a Sergeant A.C.H. (Aircraft Hand). He was promoted to Warrant-Officer from 11 March 1938 and last appears in the Royal Air Force Lists in 1944.) Sold with verification, copy Royal Air Force List entry for 1940 and related research. Scarce, some polishing but generally better than VF - £545