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Four: Second Lieutenant F. R. Hunt, Royal Flying Corps, later Assam Volunteer Light Horse...
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Four: Second Lieutenant F. R. Hunt, Royal Flying Corps, later Assam Volunteer Light Horse British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. F. R. Hunt. R.F.C.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, India (Sjt. F. R. Hunt Assam V.L.H. A.F.I) mounted as worn, edge bruising, very fine (4) £160-£200 --- Francis Raimond Hunt was born on 31 October 1898 and enlisted into the Royal Flying Corps on 9 November 1916. Mobilised on 8 March 1917, he was posted to the Royal Flying Corps with the Service No 68960 for flying training. Discharged to a commission on 20 June 1917, he was injured on 4 September 1917 when the Bristol Fighter he was training on flew into the ground and overturned. He survived and was posted to the 48th Squadron R.F.C. in France, where he flew the Bristol Fighter. Hunt was injured on 19 February 1918 when, on returning from escorting a camera/reconnaissance flight, he flipped his Bristol Fighter when attempting to land on a ploughed field near the aerodrome near Flez. He was subsequently evacuated to England and remained there upon recovery. Post-War, Hunt returned to India and tea plantations. He served with the Assam Volunteer Light Horse and in 1935 was awarded the Silver Jubilee Medal as a Sergeant with the A.V.L.H., and the 1939 census records him living in England, a tea planter serving with the A.V.L.H. as a Lieutenant. Sold with the original named Bestowal Document for the Silver Jubilee Medal; and copied research.
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Four: Second Lieutenant F. R. Hunt, Royal Flying Corps, later Assam Volunteer Light Horse British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. F. R. Hunt. R.F.C.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, India (Sjt. F. R. Hunt Assam V.L.H. A.F.I) mounted as worn, edge bruising, very fine (4) £160-£200 --- Francis Raimond Hunt was born on 31 October 1898 and enlisted into the Royal Flying Corps on 9 November 1916. Mobilised on 8 March 1917, he was posted to the Royal Flying Corps with the Service No 68960 for flying training. Discharged to a commission on 20 June 1917, he was injured on 4 September 1917 when the Bristol Fighter he was training on flew into the ground and overturned. He survived and was posted to the 48th Squadron R.F.C. in France, where he flew the Bristol Fighter. Hunt was injured on 19 February 1918 when, on returning from escorting a camera/reconnaissance flight, he flipped his Bristol Fighter when attempting to land on a ploughed field near the aerodrome near Flez. He was subsequently evacuated to England and remained there upon recovery. Post-War, Hunt returned to India and tea plantations. He served with the Assam Volunteer Light Horse and in 1935 was awarded the Silver Jubilee Medal as a Sergeant with the A.V.L.H., and the 1939 census records him living in England, a tea planter serving with the A.V.L.H. as a Lieutenant. Sold with the original named Bestowal Document for the Silver Jubilee Medal; and copied research.
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