Distinguished Flying Cross EIIR reverse engraved 1958; Air Force Cross reverse engraved 1954; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45; General Service Medal clasp Malaya (FLT.LT. J.H. LIVERSIDGE. R.A.F.)
Jack Harry Liversidge was a distinguished and highly acclaimed Pilot who earned both the DFC and the AFC in a glittering career. Born in Doncaster, Yorkshire in 1918 he spent his early years in Mexborough where he was a pupil at the Mexborough National School. He left school at the age of 14 to become an engine driver with Baker and Bessemer's, Klinhurst. He later qualified as a Draughtsman. He served with the Royal Air Force from 28 July 1943, spending to years in the USA where he earned his wings, returning to Baker's after the war where he became the company's No.1 Draughtsman.
He rejoined the Royal Air Force in 1950 and became a Flying Instructor in Malaya and to commence helicopter rescue work in the jungles. As a result of the part he played in the rescue of some children there, he was decorated by the Queen. After three years in Malaya he returned to the United Kingdom where he joined the Queen's Flight, crewing and piloting members of the Royal Family and foreign dignatories around the country. Whilst thus employed he was killed, along with three of his colleagues, when the Whirlwind helicopter in which he was travelling crashed into a field near Newbury, outside Reading.
He had been awarded the Air Force Cross in the Birthday Honours of June 1954 and the Distinguished Flying Cross in the London Gazette of 9 December 1958 for gallant and distinguished service in Malaya.
Medals are in good condition unless otherwise indicated. Sold with a very comprehensive archive of photographs, photograph albums and documentation relating to the recipient - a veritable time capsule of his entire military career and beyond.
