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BROUGHALL, Herbert Seton Flying Officer, SEE DESCRIPTION, SEE DESCRIPTION Order of St.Anne, 3rd Class, with Swords (White Russia) British Flying Services WWI
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BROUGHALL, Flying Officer Herbert Seton - Order of St.Anne, 3rd Class, with Swords (White Russia) - awarded as per unknown date and authority; listed by Ray Brough, White Russian Awards to British and Commonwealth Servicemen During the Allied Intervention in Russia 1918-1920 (London, Tom Donovan Publishing, 1991), which spells name \"Broughal\". Home in Toronto and attended Upper Canada College. Joined British Army in England, 1915; awarded Military Cross, London Gazette dated 22 September 1916 for service with Royal Sussex Regiment (first time under fire). To RNAS, 3 December 1916. With No.10 (N) Squadron, 7 August to 21 September 1917. Shot down on latter date (or 22nd) and became POW. Repatriated in December 1918; sent to Russia, April 1919 (No.47 Squadron). Later awarded Distinguished Flying Cross as per London Gazette dated 11 June 1924 \"for distinguished service rendered during operations in Kurdistan between 15th February and 19th June 1923.\" Flight of 29 November 1923 reports him as going to No.216 Squadron, 14 October 1923. Aeroplane of 3 February 1932 reports him going to No.22 Squadron, 8 January 1932. As of July 1935 he was commanding No.17 (Fighter) Squadron, Kenley (Bristol Bulldogs), slated to fly in review for King George V, 6 July 1935. Succeeded in that post by S/L D. de H. Humphreys, 31 October 1935. Remained in RAF and rose to Group Captain. Barker once asked that he be seconded to RCAF. BROUGHALL, Flying Officer Herbert Seton - Order of St.Stanislaus, 3rd Class, with Swords (White Russia) - awarded as per unknown date and authority; listed by Ray Brough, White Russian Awards to British and Commonwealth Servicemen During the Allied Intervention in Russia 1918-1920 (London, Tom Donovan Publishing, 1991) which spells name \"Broughal\".