A SECOND WAR M.B.E. GROUP AWARDED TO A SQUADRON LEADERS, MEDICAL BRANCH, R.A.F.V.R., LATER R.AUX.A.F.

THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, M.B.E. (MILITARY) MEMBER’S 2ND TYPE BREAST BADGE, SILVER, 1939-45 STAR, BURMA STAR, WAR MEDAL 1939-45, AIR EFFICIENCY AWARD, G.VI.R., 2ND ISSUE ‘SQN. LDR. A. SKENE R. AUX. A.F.’ Swing mounted as originally worn.

M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1945. Flight Lieutenant Alexander Skene, MB Edin, R.A.F.V.R.

Alexander Skene was granted a commission in the Medical Branch, Royal Air Force for the duration of hostilities as Squadron Leader on 26 November 1940.

London Gazette 8 April 1947 lists Flight Lieutenant A. Skene, M.B.E. M.B., Ch.B, to retain rank of Squadron Leader on appointment to the reconstituted Royal Auxiliary Air Force. London Gazette 15 July 1952, promoted Squadron Leader 1 April 1950.

Alexander Skene, M.B.E. M.B. 1940, F.R.C.P.ED. died on 12 August 1970 at Waterloo, Liverpool.

Condition GVF or better.