12979 PTE R.GOLDMAN R.BERKS.R (on star)
12979 SJT R.GOLDMAN R.BERKS.R (on pair)
Robert Goldman
Born 28/3/1896
Worked as a Window Dresser at Selfridge & Co, Oxford Street, London W from 1912 to 1915
To France 25/7/15 with 6th Royal Berkshire Regiment
Later promoted Sergeant
Commissioned 2nd Lieut, Royal Flying Corps 3/12/17
Qualified as an Observer Officer 27/4/18 & trained at No.2 School of Navigation and Bomb Dropping
Didn't serve as an RFC/RAF Officer in a theatre of war overseas before the Armistice; this is why his BWM & Victory Medal do not show 'LIEUT'
His RFC Officers Papers exist at TNA but we have not checked them; Ref: WO 339/126653
With MIC, Medal Rolls & 4 pages RAF Officers Papers
Condition: Minor stain spots & stains on pair, GVF