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Military Decorations of former pupils
of St Edward’s in the First and Second
World Wars serving in the RFC and RAF
St Edward’s former pupils have a proud and distinguished history with the RAF, not least
whilst serving in the two World Wars. Sixty-one OSE served during the Great War
and two hundred and eighty-five in the Second World War, with some serving in both
conflicts. Among these, honours were bestowed on seventy-two and seventeen were
mentioned-in-despatches. Some of these honours are detailed below.
Geoffrey de Havilland
DSO, CBE
Louis Strange
DSO, MC, DFC and Bar,
Mentioned in Despatches, Legion of Merit
(USA)
Michael Nethersole
DSO,
Croix de Guerre (Fr)
Cyril Gardner
MC, AFC,
Croix de Guerre (Fr)
John Quested
MC, DFC,
Croix de Guerre (Fr)
Guy Gibson
VC, DSO and Bar, DFC and
Bar, Commander of the Legion of Merit
(USA)
Adrian Warburton
DSO and Bar,
DFC and 2 Bars, DFC (USA)
Douglas Bader
DSO and Bar, DFC and
Bar, Croix de Guerre, Legion d’Honneur,
Mentioned in Despatches, CBE
Arthur Banks
George Cross
(Posthumous), Mentioned in Despatches
Alec Cranswick
DSO, DFC
James Leathart
DSO, Mentioned in
Despatches
Antony Carlisle
DFC and Bar
Donald Paton
DFC and Bar
Alexander Heyworth
DFC and Bar,
Mentioned in Despatches
Ronald Baxter
DFC, Mentioned in
Despatches
Paul Carlyon
DFC, Mentioned in
Despatches
DSO – Distinguished Service Order, MC – Military Cross,
DFC – Distinguished Flying Cross, AFC – Air Force Cross