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481 A Great War Pair to Lieutenant J.W. Pryor, South Lancashire Regiment and Royal Flying Corps, Wounded in Action on the Somme, 9.7.1916, Where His Life Was Saved by Wearing a Steel Waistcoat; He Was Taken P.O.W., 16.6.1918, Serving On His 13th Operation as an R.A.F. Observer British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J.W. Pryor. R.A.F.), minor edge bruise to last, otherwise very fine or better (2) £240-280 Lieutenant James William Pryor (1896-1942); educated at Haileybury, where he was a Lance Corporal in the O.T.C.; he began his studies at Jesus College, Cambridge, August 1914; was a member of the University O.T.C. prior to being commissioned Second Lieutenant, South Lancashire Regiment, 23.9.1914; served with the 10th (Reserve) Battalion in the UK before joining the 8th (Service) Battalion in France, 29.5.1916; Pryor’s battalion as part of 75 Brigade, 25th Division, served during the first Battle of Albert, from 3.7.1916; the 8th Battalion were in action opposite Ovillers on the Somme, and the Regimental History Ich Dien gives the following for 9.7.1916, ‘The enemy’s artillery had now ranged on the positions held and the companies were subjected to intense shelling. Second Lieutenant J.W. Pryor and several men of “A” Company were buried by one shell burst and had to be dug out; the men were dead, but Pryor was wearing a steel waistcoat under his uniform jacket which kept his lungs from injury and so saved his life’; Pryor was evacuated to a casualty clearing station suffering from shellshock and other injuries; returning to the UK he was not passed fully fit for service until December 1916; joining the 3rd Battalion he returned to France, February 1917; he rejoined the 8th Battalion two months later, in time to take part in the advance on the Messine Ridge, 6.6.1917; Lieutenant 1.7.1917; transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, October 1917, and trained as an Observer; posted to the newly formed 148 Squadron (F.E. 2b’s), Andover, February 1918; went with the squadron to Auchel, France, April 1918, where it was employed as a night bomber squadron; to combat the German Spring Offensive the squadron was immediately engaged in attacks on enemy targets behind the lines; initially crewed with Lieutenant B.A.S. Lewin, Pryor was involved in night operations over targets including: Rumbeke Aerodrome; Lille; and Carvin and Le Cateau Railway Stations; carrying out his 13th operation, this time with Second Lieutenant C.E. Wharton, he was reported as missing in action, 16.6.1918; the aircraft was last seen crossing enemy lines heading for Douai at 10pm; Pryor was made Prisoner of War, and transferred by the Germans from Lille to a camp at Karlsruhe; he was repatriated 13.12.1918; after the war he was commissioned into the I.A.R.O. and saw service attached to the 1/131st U.P. Regiment; in later life he resided in Market Harborough. orders, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria WWW.spiNK.Com 482 Pair: Lieutenant F.L. Wills, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. F.L. Wills. R.A.F.), very fine, with the recipient’s related miniature awards (2) £80-120 Lieutenant Francis Lewis Mills born 1893; a native of Balham, London; employed as an Architect and Surveyor prior to the Great War; commissioned Temporary Probationary Observer Officer, Royal Naval Air Service, 31.5.1917; after training at R.N.A.S. Eastchurch he was posted as an Observer to R.N.A.S. Yarmouth, 8.10.1917; tasked with home defence he flew on a variety of aircraft, including in D.H.9 D1655 with Flight Commander E. Cadbury, on an anti-zeppelin raid, 12/13.4.1918; the latter was a night attack carried out by 5 zeppelins; discharged April 1919 483 A Great War Pair to ‘Fighter Ace’ Lieutenant C.E. ‘Worthy’ Worthington, 87 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Who Claimed 5 Victories in His Dolphin “Muddles”, May-October 1918 British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C.E. Worthington. R.A.F.), generally very fine (2) £400-500 Lieutenant Charles Edward ‘Worthy’ Worthington, born February 1897, a native of Leicester. Pre-war he had received part of his education at Heidelberg College, in Germany, and spoke fluent German. A law student, Worthington joined the Artist’s Rifles OTC as a Private (then Lance Corporal) in December 1915, prior to joining the Royal Flying Corps in September 1916. Upon learning to fly, he served with a number of reserve and training units prior to going to 87 Squadron just before his 21st birthday. Worthington was a stalwart of the unit, scoring evenly during the last year of the war, and often acting as Deputy Flight Commander. His fifth, and final, claim came on 4th October, when he shared in the destruction of a Fokker DVII with his Flight Commander, Captain Hollinghurst; posted as a Pilot to 87 Squadron (Dolphins) at the start of 1918, he went with the squadron to France in April; he recorded his first enemy aircraft destroyed on the 16th May in the plane he christened “Muddles”, and followed that up with an Albatros DV forced down out of control, 14.8.1918, ‘whilst on special patrol I saw 3 Albatros apparently getting height at 9,000 feet over Nesle. I dived on the rear E.A. from the sun and got in a good burst at close range. I observed the pilot to collapse and the E.A. then went down in a vertical dive. I was unable to wait to see it crash as a large formation of E.A. appeared above me’; he shared in destroying a Fokker DVII over Velu Wood, 25.8.1918, following it up five days later with the same type of aircraft in the same area, ‘I dived on a formation of E.A. with Capt. Larkin. Selecting one of the E.A. I fired about 100 rounds into it at close range. E.A. then half rolled and went down in a spin emitting thick clouds of black smoke. I climbed away west and then attacked another E.A., firing about 50 rounds at blank range (I had to turn to avoid crashing into him) E.A. then went down in a fast spin. I saw this machine to within about 4,000 feet of the ground still spinning’; his final claim was a shared destroyed 4.10.1918 (see quote above); discharged March 1919
November 22, 2012 - LoNdoN 484 Pair: Second Lieutenant F.W. King, Royal Air Force, S.E. 5a Pilot, Who Was Shot Down and Taken P.O.W. During ‘Black September’ 1918 British War and Victory Medals (2/Lieut. F.W. King. R.A.F.), minor official correction to BWM, good very fine (2) £160-200 Second Lieutenant Frederick Willis King born Battersea, London, 1892; served during the Great War as a Corporal, Despatch Rider, Royal Engineers; commissioned Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, December 1917; attached Royal Flying Corps, March 1918; after training posted as a Pilot to 40 Squadron (S.E. 5a’s), Bryas, France, 21.8.1918; the squadron was mainly tasked with offensive patrols and low level attacks; on 17.9.1918 whilst flying S.E. 5a E.4053 on an offensive patrol King was last seen south of Cambrai; he was listed as missing on the same day - there is some speculation that he was the German Ace Fritz Rumey’s 38th victory, however it would appear more likely that he was shot down by Leutnant Hans Boes of Jasta 34b; King was reported as wounded and prisoner of war; he was reported as ‘Died’, November 1918, only to be repatriated via Leith the following month! He was finally discharged, March 1919. 485 A Great War Pair to Camel Pilot, Second Lieutenant H.K. Scrivener, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force, Shot Down and Taken P.O.W., 8.7.1918 British War and Victory Medals (2/Lieut. H.K. Scrivener. R.A.F.), nearly extremely fine (2) £200-240 Second Lieutenant Hayter Kemball Scrivener, born Leytonstone, 1898, the son of a Corn Merchant; educated at Bishop’s Stortford and Stationers Company’s School, Hornsey; enlisted Aircraftman 2nd Grade, Royal Naval Air Service, 18.6.1916; transferred to Officer Cadet Wing, Denham, Royal Flying Corps, May 1917; commissioned Second Lieutenant (On Probation), Royal Air Force, 1.4.1918 and posted as a Pilot to 208 (Fighter) Squadron (Sopwith Camels), Serny, France, 22.5.1918; he flew on Offensive Patrols throughout June and into July including 6.7.1918, when he ‘Drove E.A. East’ and 8.7.1918, when on Offensive Patrol in the Meurchin - Epinoy area he ‘Left Aerodrome at 7am upon O.P. in company with 10 others. Patrol engaged E.A. at 7.50am and Pilot was not seen after but it is considered improbable that he could have been brought down as all E.A. were below Camels and there were many other British machines in the vicinity. Being at a low altitude and rather far over it is considered probable that he had an engine failure and was forced to land’ (R.F.C. Casualty Report, refers); despite this a Leutnant Becker of Jasta 52 claimed Scrivener’s Camel as his sole victory of the war; Scrivener was taken Prisoner of War, and repatriated 13.12.1918; discharged 14.3.1919. 249 486 Pair: Second Lieutenant J. Sellers, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force, A Camel Fighter Pilot, Who Forced Down a Fokker Biplane, 4.10.1918 British War and Victory Medals (2/Lieut. J. Sellers. R.A.F.), good very fine (2) £140-180 Second Lieutenant John Sellers, born 1897; employed as a Motor Engineer in Harrogate prior to the Great War; served as 2/A.M. prior to being commissioned Probationary Flight Officer, R.N.A.S., 27.1.1918; after training posted as a Pilot to 3 (Fighter) Squadron (Camels), Valhereux, France, October 1918; the squadron was tasked with fighter and ground attack duties, and on 4.10.1918, whilst flying Sopwith Camel F6089, Sellers forced down out of control a Fokker Biplane, ‘whilst on C.O.P. I observed five Fokker Biplanes. I dived on the nearest and fired 350 rounds. E.A. flew on straight. My guns then stopped, and I saw the E.A. dive down East. Owing to the presence of other E.A. in close proximity I was unable to observe anything further’ (Combat Report refers); discharged February 1919. 487 Pair: Second Lieutenant F. Thornton, 74 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Who Shared Two Enemy Aircraft Forced Down Out of Control, and was Listed as Missing in Action, 30.10.1918 British War and Victory Medals (2/Lieut. E. Thornton. R.A.F.), very fine, with British Red Cross Society Medal for Proficiency in Red Cross First Aid (07395 F. Thornton.), with ‘1928’ and ‘1933’ date bars, and integral top-riband bar (3) £200-240 Second Lieutenant Frank Thornton, born Moulton, Northwich, Cheshire, 1897; educated at Middlewich Council School and Technical School, Winsford; enlisted as Airman 2nd Class, Royal Flying Corps, 13.8.1915; served with the 6th Wing, H.Q. Dover, 1915-16; Corporal 1.3.1916; posted for service with 17th Wing, Gosport, August 1916; Acting Sergeant 19.12.1916; commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant 1.2.1918; having qualified as a Pilot, he served as Second Lieutenant on the Western Front, from September 1918; posted for service with 74 (Fighter) Squadron (S.E.5a’s), Clairmarais, October 1918; on 5.10.1918, whilst piloting S.E.5a C1827, Thornton attempted a landing in a cross-wind which resulted in the aircraft turning over; whilst piloting S.E.5a F907 he shared two enemy aircraft forced down out of control, 17.10.1918; Thornton was listed as ‘Missing’ in action, 30.10.1918 (Service Papers refer); returning to action he continued to fly with the squadron throughout November 1918; returning to the Home Establishment, February 1919.
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