Military or Naval
CASTLE
(Bernard Alan, 1898-1970, Observer Sub.-Lt. R.N.)
Autograph Note Signed recording his Legion d'Honneur
conferred on Nov. 2nd 1917 for work accomplished with a French Bombing Squadron... over Ostend on the 3rd March 1917... there were 40 French machines engaged, & my machine, the only British... Five French were attacked by 15 Bosche, the British machine whilst breaking them up brought 3 down, 1 side 8vo, Kent College, Canterbury, no date, c.
Item Date: 1917
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'Doc' Castle was at Kent College from May 1910 to December 1915, being Head Boy, Captain of Football, Hockey and Cricket, and President of the Old Cantburians 1939-1942.
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