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A GREAT WAR O.B.E. 'BIRTHDAY HONOURS' M.C. GROUP OF NINE TO MAJOR R.H. JERMAN, ROYAL ENGINEERS, ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS AND ROYAL FLYING CORPS
(A) ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE , OFFICER'S (O.B.E.) 2ND TYPE MILITARY DIVISION, BREAST BADGE,
(B) MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R., ENGRAVED JAN I, 1918 CAPTAIN R.H. JERMAN ROYAL FLYING CORPS, CAMBRAI
(C) 1914 STAR WITH AUGUST NOVEMBER BAR, (SJT. R. H. JERMAN R.E.)
(D) BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (M.I.D. OAKLEAF DEFICIENT), (MAJOR R. H. JERMAN)
(E) DEFENCE MEDAL
(F) JUBILEE 1935
(G) CORONATION 1937
(C) CORONATION 1953
MOUNTED AS WORN. SOLD WITH A GEORGE V CORONATION COUNCIL MEDAL; AN ELIZABETH II CIVIL DEFENCE MEDAL IN CASE OF ISSUE; AN IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL, GEORGE VI TO FREDERICK CHARLES OSBORNE, IN CASE OF ISSUE; A GEORGE VI CORONATION SOUVENIR SET COMPRISING A TIE PIN, SPOON AND TWO MEDALS IN CARD BOX; TWO OFFICER'S ARMY BOOKS; A FRAMED M.I.D CERTIFICATE TO LT. (TEMPORARY CAPT) R.H. JARMEN, R.W.FUS. ROYAL FLYING CORPS, DATED 9TH APRIL 1917.; AND A METROPOLITON BOROUGH OF WANDSWORTH BOOKLET FOR THE ELECTION OF MAJOR REGINALD HERBERT JERMAN TO HONORARY FREEMAN OF THE BOROUGH.
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(A) ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE , OFFICER'S (O.B.E.) 2ND TYPE MILITARY DIVISION, BREAST BADGE,
(B) MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R., ENGRAVED JAN I, 1918 CAPTAIN R.H. JERMAN ROYAL FLYING CORPS, CAMBRAI
(C) 1914 STAR WITH AUGUST NOVEMBER BAR, (SJT. R. H. JERMAN R.E.)
(D) BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (M.I.D. OAKLEAF DEFICIENT), (MAJOR R. H. JERMAN)
(E) DEFENCE MEDAL
(F) JUBILEE 1935
(G) CORONATION 1937
(C) CORONATION 1953
MOUNTED AS WORN. SOLD WITH A GEORGE V CORONATION COUNCIL MEDAL; AN ELIZABETH II CIVIL DEFENCE MEDAL IN CASE OF ISSUE; AN IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL, GEORGE VI TO FREDERICK CHARLES OSBORNE, IN CASE OF ISSUE; A GEORGE VI CORONATION SOUVENIR SET COMPRISING A TIE PIN, SPOON AND TWO MEDALS IN CARD BOX; TWO OFFICER'S ARMY BOOKS; A FRAMED M.I.D CERTIFICATE TO LT. (TEMPORARY CAPT) R.H. JARMEN, R.W.FUS. ROYAL FLYING CORPS, DATED 9TH APRIL 1917.; AND A METROPOLITON BOROUGH OF WANDSWORTH BOOKLET FOR THE ELECTION OF MAJOR REGINALD HERBERT JERMAN TO HONORARY FREEMAN OF THE BOROUGH.
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MAJOR REGINALD HERBERT JERMAN O.B.E. M.C., M.A. (OXON.) ROYAL ENGINEERS, ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS, ROYAL FLYING CORPS WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 18TH 1893, AT EXETER. HE ENLISTED AS SERGEANT, 2ND CAVALRY DIVISION, ROYAL ENGINEERS (SIGNAL SERVICE) AUGUST 1914. HE WAS COMMISSIONED IN THE FIELD IN NOVEMBER 1914, AND WAS WOUNDED ON 8TH DECEMBER, HE TRANSFERED TO THE IST. BATTALION ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS ON NOVEMBER 1915, TRANSFERING TO THE 3RD. BATTALION. IN MARCH 1916 HE ENTERED INTO THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS QUALIFYING AS OBSERVER, WAS PROMOTED CAPTAIN, WING ADJUTANT IN MAY, STAFF CAPTAIN IN AUGUST AND IN AUGUST 1917 HE BECAME BRIGADE MAJOR BEING MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES ON 9TH APRIL 1917 (LONDON GAZETTE MAY 13, 1917) IN JANUARY 1918 HE WAS APPOINTED GENERAL STAFF OFFICER 19TH CORPS, AND PROMOTED MAJOR. HE WAS AWARDED THE MILITARY CROSS IN THE SAME MONTH, (LONDON GAZETTE JANUARY 1ST. 1918) HE WAS WOUNDED AGAIN ON 22ND MARCH, 1918. IN 1919 HE RETURNED TO THE ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS, WAS ADJUTANT 2ND BATTALION IN 1920 AND IN 1921 RECEIVED A TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT AT THE ROYAL SMALL ARMS FACTORY AT ENFIELD LOCK. HE WAS INVALIDED ON ACCOUNT OF HIS WOUNDS FROM THE REGULAR ARMY WITH THE RANK OF MAJOR AND QUALIFIED AS SOLICITOR OF THE SUPREME COURT DURING CONVALESCENCE JANUARY, 1926. HE WAS APPOINTED SOLICITOR TOWN CLERK OF THE CITY OF NEW SARUM (SALISBURY) AND PROGRESSED TO HONORARY SECRETARY OF THREE BOROUGH NATIONAL SAVINGS COMMITTEES AND IN 1939 RECEIVED HIS O.B.E. DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR HE SERVED AS CIVIL DEFENCE CONTROLER WANDSWORTH, INVASION DEFENCE OFFICER, NATIONAL REGISTRATION OFFICER, FOOD EXECUTIVE OFFICER, LOCAL FUEL OVERSEER AND AREA CONTROLLER CIVIL DEFENCE FOR THE BOROUGHS OF BATTERSEA AND WANDSWORTH (AREA 8). ON 17TH FEBRUARY, 1959 HE WAS MADE AN HONORARY FREEMAN OF THE METROPLITAN BOROUGH OF WANDSWORTH.