WW1 Royal Flying Corps RFC Welsh PILOT officer KIA 1917 British War Medal - Of the famous 20 Squadron RFC

Bevan, Pilot - Missing presumed killed in action on 3rd December 1917. Apart from the MIC and CWGC site searches. No serious research done on this young man. From Gowerton, Glamorgan, Wales. Remembered on the Arras Flying Services Memorial. Medal correctly impressed 2.Lt W.Bevan. NEF, dark toned. Replacement ribbon. Prior service with 28th ( Artists Rifles ) London Regiment as a Private, regimental number 763813 ( MIC at WO 372/2/373232 refers). Believe commissioned 17 June 1917 as per entry in Artists War Record: http://archive.org/stream/regimentalrollof00highiala/regimentalrollof00highiala_djvu.txt

20 Squadron R.F.C. was the highest scoring squadron of the First World War!

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