A Rhodesian group of four awarded to Flight Lieutenant A. G. E. Dewsbury, Rhodesian Air...

A Rhodesian group of four awarded to Flight Lieutenant A. G. E. Dewsbury, Rhodesian Air Force Rhodesia, General Service Medal, with bronze pick M.F.C. emblem on riband (666 WO I A. G. E. Dewsbury); Great Britain, Defence Medal; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (666 Snr. Tech. Dewsbury A. G. E.) officially engraved Rhodesian style; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (666 WO(I) Dewsbury A. G. E.) officially engraved Rhodesian style, mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £300-£400 --- Military Forces Commendation (Non-Operational) Salisbury Gazette 11 November 1975. Alan G. E. Dewsbury enlisted in the Rhodesian Air Force in 1953, and held a number of different roles, including Air and Wireless Fitter. He was part of the first detachment on 1 Squadron comprising 5 Dakotas and 19 Vampires that went to Aden in 1958, and in August 1972 he was part of a group which went to train in South Africa, the details of which are included with the lot. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, he was advanced to Flight Lieutenant, and was awarded a Military Forces Commendation. He died in Natal, South Africa, on 7 January 2017. Sold with the recipient’s Royal Air Forces Association Membership Card for 1955; and copied research, including a group photographic image, and an article written by a comrade J. R. Cox, which mentions the recipient.