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Clipped Signature - John Harding of Petherton. Clipped Signature. One edition : £40.00

Clipped Signature - Leonard Rochford. Clipped Signature. One edition : £65.00

Clipped Signature - William Lunn. Clipped Signature. One edition : £70.00

Clipped Signature - Edgar Percival. Clipped Signature. One edition : £40.00

Clipped Signature - Sir William Dickson. Clipped Signature. One edition : £70.00

Clipped Signature - Bert Evenden. Clipped Signature. One edition : £60.00

Clipped Signature - Harold Eager. Clipped Signature. One edition : £50.00

Clipped Signature - John Boutwood. Clipped Signature. One edition : £70.00

Clipped Signature - John Buchanan. Clipped Signature. One edition : £50.00

Clipped Signature - Stewart Goad. Clipped Signature. One edition : £80.00

Clipped Signature - Sir John Slessor. Clipped Signature. One edition : £75.00

Clipped Signature - George Jameson. Clipped Signature. One edition : £70.00

Clipped Signature - Otto Lindpaintner. Clipped Signature. One edition : £90.00

Clipped Signature - Lord Harold Balfour of Inchyre. Clipped Signature. One edition : £75.00

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Clipped Signature - John Harding of Petherton. Served in World War One with the Territorial Army and Machine Gun Corps before becoming a Lieutenant in the Somerset Light Infantry in 1920. He rose through the ranks to become Field Marshal, his last appointment as Colonel of the Life Guards until 1964. He died in 1989. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Leonard Rochford. Flew Sopwith Pups and Sopwith Camels in the First World War with No.3 Naval Squadron which became No.203 Sqn RAF in 1918. He is credited with a total of 29 aerial victories. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Distinguished Service Cross with Bar. He died in 1986. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - William Lunn. Born in 1896, he joined he Green Howards and took part in the Gallipoli campaign in World War One. Awarded the Military Medal, he was then in action in France at the battle of the Somme. He lost his leg after being accidentally shot whilst training and was discharged from the Army. He then became a lab assistant until retirement, and lived to at least the age of 100. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Edgar Percival. An aviation engineer from Australia, he served with the Royal Flying Corps during World War One before designing and testing many aircraft and forming his own company - Percival Aircraft Ltd, best known for the Percival Proctor military plane. He died in 1984. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Sir William Dickson. Joined the RNAS in 1916, becoming a pilot on HMS Furious and took part in the first air raid launched from an aircraft carrier. Awarded the DSO, he moved to HMS Revenge and HMS Queen Elizabeth then flew on HMS Argus and was a test pilot at the Royal Aircraft Establishment. In World War Two he helped to plan the Allied invasion of occupied Europe. He remained in the RAF post war, retiring in 1959 as Marshal of the Royal Air Force. He died in 1987. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Bert Evenden. Flew as an engineer in the airship R34 as it made the first east to west crossing of the Atlantic by air in July 1919. At the age of 86 he made the crossing again, this time as a passenger in Concorde, to commemorate the 60 years since the flight. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Harold Eager. Served as an aircraft fitter in the Royal Flying Corps in France from 1917 to 1918 but was injured in an aircraft crash. Returning to duty in 1919, he went to India and Baghdad until 1922 - he was Mentioned in Despatches in 1921. After demobilisation he served in the Merchant Navy until 1942, taking part in the evacuation of Dunkirk. He then worked in education and transport until he was 90 years old. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - John Boutwood. Served as a Midshipman aboard HMS Inflexible in 1917 and by World War Two was in command of HMS Curacoa when it controversially collided with the troopship Queen Mary and was sunk. He went on to command the minesweepers HMS Fly and HMS Fantome, retiring in 1951. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - John Buchanan. Joined the Army as an infantryman in 1916 but trained in tanks, joining the 5th Battalion of the Tank Corps in France in 1917. He fought at the Somme, Third Ypres and Passchendaele, but at Amiens he was awarded the Military Medal. On 8th August 1918 his tank was hit and three crew killed. Returning to the burning machine, he and another crew member rescued the Commander and the remaining crew member despite enemy fire and their own ammunition exploding. After the war, he became an engine driver and gardener, retiring in 1969. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Stewart Goad. Served in France with the Mechanical Transport Corps then in 1917 became a balloon observer with the Royal Flying Corps. He had to take to his parachute twice when his balloon was attacked by enemy aircraft. He lived to at least 100 years of age. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Sir John Slessor. Served with No.17 Sqn RFC in Egypt and Soudan, earning the Military Cross. He then flew RE8s on the Western Front with No.5 Sqn. In World War Two he was a senior officer credited with several important strategies which influenced the war. He later became Chief of Air Staff, retiring in 1953. He died in 1979. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - George Jameson. Born in 1892, he joined the Northumberland Hussars Imperial Yeomanry, in 1910, part of the British Expeditionary Force in 1914. Fought at Ypres in 1914 and Neuve Chapelle and Loos in 1915. He trained as a gunner and joined the Royal Field Artillery, fighting at the Somme in 1916 and at Vimy Ridge. He then went to Italy where he was awarded the Military Cross before returning to France until the end of the war. He died in 1999 aged 106. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Otto Lindpaintner. A student of medicine and early pioneer of flight, he won numerous prizes in his own flying machines - in 1910 in his Sommer biplane, he flew in the Circuit de l’Est, a circular race from Paris to the borders of Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium and back. He was the Winner of the Aviation award of the German War Ministry during the Berlin Aviation Week in Berlin in 1910. He was forced to give up flying in 1914 for medical reasons, then devoted himself to car racing and later worked as a doctor. He died in 1976. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Lord Harold Balfour of Inchyre. Served with the 60th Rifles in France in 1914 before joining No.60 Sqn Royal Flying Corps. By 1917 he was flying the Sopwith one-and-a-half strutter with No.43 Sqn, claiming two victories. Injured in a crash and awarded the Military Cross, he returned to action claiming 5 victories plus 2 shared in early 1918 and was awarded a Bar to his MC. He was an MP from 1929 and then joined the House of Lords. He died in 1988. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.