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GSM Malaya RAF LSGC Squadron Leader

General Service Medal, EIIR, bar Malaya, Royal Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Squadron Leader John Denis Waters, Royal Air Force. An interesting modern officer’s long service group.

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General Service Medal, EIIR, bar Malaya, Royal Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Squadron Leader John Denis Waters, Royal Air Force. An interesting modern officer’s long service group.

 

GSM officially engraved: “Flt. Lt. J. D. Waters. R.A.F.”
L.S.G.C. officially engraved: “Fg. Off. J. D. Waters. R.A.F.”

 

With an original photograph of recipient in Uniform circa 1966.

 

John Denis Waters was born on 10th October 1915 in Whitby, Yorkshire. The son of John and Hannah Waters. His father had served through WW1 with the Royal Garrison Artillery.

 

He was commissioned as a Flying officer on 7th May 1953, Flight Lieutenant, 7th May 1955. Finally being promoted to Squadron Leader on 1st January 1965. He retired on 10th April 1968.

 

He was a member of Tech Branch and was a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society (MRaeS).

 

He died during 1994, in Scarborough Yorkshire.