1914/15 STAR TRIO TO KEY SURREY YEOMANRY -COMMISIONED INTO THE ROYAL AIR FORCE-FORCED LANDING AFTER HIS RE8 WAS HIT BY MACHNE GUN FIRE-AIRCRAFT DESTROYED

1914/15 Star, named to:
1483 PTE.R.KEY.SURR.YEO.
British War and Victory Medals, named to:
LIEUT.R.KEY.R.A.F.
Medals about good very fine, mounted on pin as worn.M.I.C states that 1914/15 Star re-issued 09/04/40

Reginald Key was born on 21st April 1891
From 1912 to 1914 trade given as a Furrier
Arrived in France on 22/12/1914
Commissioned 29/02/1917(Lincolnshire Regt-seconded R.A.F)
Completed a course in Aerial Gunnery and Observation.Served with 5 Squadron
Forced landing in front line at Gomiecourt on 25/03/1918 after his aircraft was hit by machine gun fire during day bombing-aircraft abandoned and set on fire.2/Lt H.C.Cooke O.K., 2 Lieut R Key O.K.
On 28/03/1918 his RE8 was shot through by enemy Artillery on Artillery Patrol.2 Lieut Parkhurst and R Key O.K.1/4th Battalion Lincoln Regiment (Seconded to R.A.F.)
Sold with copied copy papers,m.i.c, details from Air History, etc.

Code: 54549