WW1 FAMILY GROUP TO BROTHERS, BOTH OFFICER CASUALTIES, NORTH STAFF.R, K.I.A 1915 & EAST SURREY REGT / R.F.C PILOT K.I.A 1917

A superb family group to the Caffyn brothers
1) Double issue QSA & 1914-15 Trio with memorial plaque. QSA 1899-1902 With clasps for Transvaal & South Africa 1902 To-
2-LIEUT.H.H.CAFFYN.N.STAFF.R
QSA 1899-1902 With clasps for Transvaal, South Africa 1901 & South Africa 1902 (The two date bars are old tailors copies & are affixed with unofficial rivets) To- LIEUT.H.H.CAFFYN.N.STAFF.REGT
CAPT.H.H.H.CAFFYN.N.STAFF.R (on the trio)
Harold Hunt Caffyn was educated at both Rugby school & the RMC Sandhurst. He was was killed in action in France & Flanders on the night of the 21st / 22nd of March 1915 & having no known grave he is commemorated on the Ploegstreet memorial.
2) 1914-15 Trio To-
2-LIEUT / LIEUT.C.M.H.M.CAFFYN.E.SURREY.R
Chalenor McRae Humphrey Manington Caffyn was killed in action serving as a pilot with 60 squadron of the Royal Flying Corps 28-3-1917 & is buried in the Avesnes-Le-Comte cemetery. He was educated at Cheltenham college & the university of Zurich where he played international ice hockey for England before enlisting for war service.
Both men were the sons of Stephen & Kathleen Mannington Caffyn of London & Ireland. The older brother was 33 when when he died & the younger brother was 24. The recipients mother was a famous published author who wrote under the pen name of IOTA.
Both groups are GVF/NEF or better & come with extensive research details including copy images of both men in uniform, copy service papers, MIC details, CWGC details & other military & biographical details.

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