100% GENUINE, FULL SIZE GVIR 1ST TYPE BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL B. M DEFENCE MEDAL, 1939-45 WAR MEDAL WITH MENTION IN DESPATCHES OAKLEAF & GVIR 1ST TYPE R. F (ON THE BEM). F (ON THE LS&GC). M IS A OFFICAL REPLACEMENT MEDAL THAT WAS ISSUED TO THE RECIPIENT FROM THE AIR MINISTRY HAVING LOST HIS ORIGINAL MEDAL. IT DID ONCE HAVE A SMALL CAPITAL LETTER (R) FOR REPLACEMENT ON THE RIM BUT THIS HAS BEEN VERY NEATLY ERASED AT SOME STAGE IN ITS LIFE. HOWEVER THIS HAS NOT HAD ANY EFFECT ON THE REST ON THE DETAILS ON THE RIM OF THE MEDAL (SEE PICTURES) PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS IS A 100% GENUINE OFFICIAL REPLACEMENT AS ISSUED BY THE AIR MINISTRY AND NOT A COPY OR REPRODCTION. WILLIAM NOEL GIBSON WAS BORN 27-12-1907 IN WESTBOURNE NEAR HAVANT IN SUSSEX. HE JOINED THE RAF IN 1924 AS A 17 YEAR OLD AC. HE WAS AWARDED THE B. M AS A FLT. SGT IN THE LONDON GAZETTE 11-7-1940 AND THIS STATES THAT IT WAS AN AWARD FOR RECENT OPERATIONS. HE WAS COMMISSIONED AS ACTING FLIGHT LIEUTENANT WITH NUMBER NINE SQUADRON R. F 14-2-1940 WHILST SERVING AT R. F LOSSIEMOUTH AS PART OF 18 GROUP COASTAL COMMAND. HE WAS AWARDED HIS LS&GC IN 1942 WHILST SERVING AT RAF WADDINGTON. HE WAS MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES IN THE KINGS BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST 28-5-1943. HE WAS PROMOTED SQN LEADER 25-11-1947 & RETIRED 8-1-1957. HE DIED 27-2-1982 IN LETCHWORTH, HERTFORDSHIRE. THE MEDALS ARE N. F OR BETTER AND COURT MOUNTED FOR WEAR & COME WITH EXTENSIVE RESEARCH DETAILS IN TO THE RECIPIENTS SERVICE HISTORY & THE AWARD OF HIS EARLY WAR B. THE GROUP IS 100% GENUINE AND THE ONLY FAULT IS THE SMALL ERASURE OF THE LETTER (R) FOR REPLACEMENT FROM THE B. SEE PICTURES FOR MORE DETAILS. The item “WW2 RAF 1940 B. E. M & MID MEDAL GROUP TO A SQUADRON LEADER WHO SERVED 1924-1957″ is in sale since Friday, February 03, 2017. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War II (1939-1945)\Medals/ Ribbons”. The seller is “themedalcentre” and is located in Hexham. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Era: 1914-1945
- Type: Medals & Ribbons
- Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
- Conflict: World War II (1939-1945)
- Service: Air Force
- Country/ Organization: Great Britain
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom