This is the jacket of R.P. Ward who as a Captain of the 4th Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers was awarded the MC in 1917 then transferred to the RFC as an observer flying in the massive Handley Page 0/400. His DFC citation (Gazetted 21 Sept 1918)reads "He has been engaged on 37 bombing raids and 10 photographic reconnaissance and has been in nearly all the raids in which severe fighting has taken place. Captain Ward has displayed the greatest coolness and courage in action combined with ability and keenness in the work entrusted to him." I added the garrison cap but all the rest is his.
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