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Six: Temporary Sergeant-Major F.W. Huntley, Royal Flying Corps, Late 3rd Dragoon Guards, Queen's South Africa, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4067 Pte., 3rd Dgn. Gds.); 1914 Star (4067 Sjt., 3/D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (8335 T.S.M., R.F.C.); Army Long Service and Good Conduct, G.V.R., 'Military bust' (8335 Sjt., R.F.C.); Royal Victorian Medal, E.VII.R., bronze, first and last with contact marks, nearly very fine, others good very fine and better, very rare (6)

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Six: Temporary Sergeant-Major F.W. Huntley, Royal Flying Corps, Late 3rd Dragoon Guards, Queen's South Africa, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4067 Pte., 3rd Dgn. Gds.); 1914 Star (4067 Sjt., 3/D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (8335 T.S.M., R.F.C.); Army Long Service and Good Conduct, G.V.R., 'Military bust' (8335 Sjt., R.F.C.); Royal Victorian Medal, E.VII.R., bronze, first and last with contact marks, nearly very fine, others good very fine and better, very rare (6)
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Lot Essay

Ex N.I. Brooks Collection.

One of only 30 Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medals awarded to the Royal Flying Corps.

Sergeant-Major Frederick Walter Huntley enlisted in the Army as a Private in the 3rd Dragoon Guards in 1898 and served with them during the Boer War. In 1910 he was awarded the R.V.M. as Bearer of the Royal Standard on the occasion of the Royal Visit to Aldershot. Just prior to the outbreak of the Great War his Regiment was recalled from its station in Egypt and in October 1914 embarked for France where it formed part of the 6th Cavalry Brigade in the 3rd Cavalry Division. The Brigade took part in the First Battle of Ypres. In August 1915 Sergeant Huntley transferred to the Royal Flying Corps and in February 1916 was advanced to Temporary Sergeant-Major. His rare Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal was awarded in October 1916.