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A Great War ‘French theatre’ M.S.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant Clerk A. W. Hood, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (29010. Cpl. A. W. Hood. R.A.F.); Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (29010 A/Corpl. Clk. A. W. Hood. R.A.F.) mounted for wear, toned, generally good very fine (3) £360-£400 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘For services in France.’ Alfred William Hood was born in Newport, Monmouthshire in November 1887. He enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps as a 2nd Class Air Mechanic in May 1916, and served in the French theatre of war, 16 November 1916 - 14 April 1917 and from 2 September 1917 for the remainder of the war. Hood advanced to 1st Class Air Mechanic in December 1917, and to Corporal Clerk in December 1918. He advanced to Acting Sergeant Clerk in February 1919. Hood was discharged in April 1920, and returned to Newport where he became a ‘Master Tailor’. He re-engaged for service with the Royal Air Force as a Corporal Equipment Clerk in February 1939, and died in March 1941.
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A Great War ‘French theatre’ M.S.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant Clerk A. W. Hood, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (29010. Cpl. A. W. Hood. R.A.F.); Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (29010 A/Corpl. Clk. A. W. Hood. R.A.F.) mounted for wear, toned, generally good very fine (3) £360-£400 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘For services in France.’ Alfred William Hood was born in Newport, Monmouthshire in November 1887. He enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps as a 2nd Class Air Mechanic in May 1916, and served in the French theatre of war, 16 November 1916 - 14 April 1917 and from 2 September 1917 for the remainder of the war. Hood advanced to 1st Class Air Mechanic in December 1917, and to Corporal Clerk in December 1918. He advanced to Acting Sergeant Clerk in February 1919. Hood was discharged in April 1920, and returned to Newport where he became a ‘Master Tailor’. He re-engaged for service with the Royal Air Force as a Corporal Equipment Clerk in February 1939, and died in March 1941.
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