WW1 SILVER BRITISH WAR MEDAL TO 3AM 17 SQUADRON RAF MOTOR CYCLIST SALONIKA

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WW1 SILVER BRITISH WAR MEDAL TO 3AM 17 SQUADRON RAF MOTOR CYCLIST SALONIKA :
$41.41

WW I
BRITISH WAR MEDAL TO
66167 STANLEY JOHN PYETT RFC & RAF
SERVED SALONIKA WITH 17 SQUADRON RAF
AS A MOTOR CYCLIST
ENLISTED 2 AM 12.3.17.
SERVED SALONIKA 8.2.18. - 27.3.19SERVED 17 SQUADRON RFC & RAF
TRADE MOTOR CYCLISTIN July 1916 17 Squadron was sent to Salonika as a mixed unit of twelve BE2cs forreconnaissance and a scout component of two DH2s and three Bristol Scouts.For the rest of the war, it was engaged in tactical reconnaissance and artillery spotting on the
Bulgarian border.At first it was the only RFC unit in Macedonia but was later joined by others in
April 1918In December 1918 the squadron re-equipped with twelve DH9s and six SOPWITH Camels,sending A Flight to Batum to support the White Russian forces andB and C Flights to Constantinople in January 1919. On 14 November 1919, No 17 was disbanded.
STAN PYETT JOINED THE SQUADRON IN SALONIKAENTITLED TO BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS ONLY
WITH TWO COPY PAGES OF SERVICE PAPERS AND RAF MUSTER ROLL
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