Four:Flying Officer L. W. Beck, Royal Air Force, British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. R.A.F.); I.G.S. 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (P.O R.A. Force), officially corrected; Iraq, Service Medal

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Four:Flying Officer L. W. Beck, Royal Air Force, British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. R.A.F.); I.G.S. 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (P.O R.A. Force), officially corrected; Iraq, Service Medal

Seven: Wing Commander R. T. Rich, Royal Air Force, British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. R.A.F.); I.G.S. 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, Waziristan 1919-21 (O/O. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals M.I.D. Oakleaf, 2nd. War Stars and Medals impressed with rank, name and unit, both groups good very fine and better (11)

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INDENTFlying Officer Lionel W. Beck became 2nd. Lieutenant, Royal Air Force, 21 October, 1918; is shown as Flying or Observer Officer, 1925

Wing Commander Richard Thomas Rich joined the 1/5th. Bn. Devonshire Regiment, August 1914; transferred to the Royal Air Force as 2nd. Lieutenant and served with 17 Squadron in Salonika as Observer from 31 August, 1918; served with 60 Squadron (D.H. 9s), Lahore, India from July 1919 and was present during operations in Waziristan; he served in the United Kingdom, the Middle East and India between the wars and was mainly connected with supplies and stores; Wing Commander, 1939; served in the Middle East during the 2nd. War; prior to his retirement in 1948, he commanded R.A.F. Station Llandaw as Acting Group Captain

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