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Floreat
Prescotia |
The
Website for former pupils of the Prescot
Grammar and Prescot Schools |
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Prescotian 2000 - 2010 |
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| Sgt.
Samuel James Whittingham |
| Craig
McIntosh was going
through his grandparents'
papers when he found some
newspaper cuttings
regarding an ex pupil who
was decorated for bravery
in WW2. |
| The
cuttings refer to Sgt.
Samuel James Whittingham
who was a Prescot Grammar
School boy from 1930 to
1935. During the Second
World War, he was awarded
the Distinguished Flying
Medal for his bravery in
an air raid over the
strategic French Atlantic
Coast port of St.
Nazaire, which was
heavily defended by the
Nazi occupiers. |
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are privileged to bring
to you the three
newspaper cuttings about
Sgt. Whittingham: |
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The
Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM)
was instituted together with the
DFC in 1918, and was awarded to
NCOs and men for bravery whilst
flying on operations against the
enemy. All DFMs were named with
the recipient's details around
the rim of the medal. The World
War One medals had the details
impressed. The Second World War
DFMs had the details engraved.
During World War I, approximately
105 DFMs were awarded, with 2
first award bars. During World
War II, approximately 6,000 DFMs
were awarded, with 60 first award
bars and 2 second award bars.
All the DFM awards are listed in
the London Gazette. A few of the
First World War entries have a
citation. The majority of Second
World War DFM awards have
citations. |
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