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Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM)

The Distinguished Flying Medal was instituted on 3 June 1918 and was awarded to non-commissioned-officers and men for an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty performed whilst flying in active operations against the enemy in the same conditions as the DFC for officers..
The medal is oval and silver-coloured, 1.375 inches wide and 1.625 inches long. On the obverse is the bareheaded coinage effigy of :

King George V, facing left and the legend : GEORGEIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP:
King George VI, facing left and the legend : GEORGEIVS VID: G: BR: OMN: REX F.D: IND: IMP:
On the reverse, within a wreath of laurel, Athena Nike is shown seated on an aeroplane, a hawk rising from her right hand above the words : FOR COURAGE.
The ribbon is 1.25 inches wide, and consists of alternate violet and white stripes (0,0625 inches) leaning 45 degrees to the left. Until 1919, the stripes were horizontal. The medal was engraved with the recipient's service number, rank, initials, surname and unit.

For subsequent acts meriting the DFM, a bar was awarded to be worn on the ribbon of the medal.

Grid List
Waddington, Frank Ogden* 1917
† April 23rd, 2016

Wallace, Thomas Young* October 5th, 1916
† November 11th, 1944
Plot: 2 Row: G Grave: 10

Walters, John Graham* July 25th, 1921

Watkins, William David Gordon "Four-Run"* September 11th, 1908
† June 26th, 1965

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Watson, George† February 21st, 1945
Plot: 12 Row: J Grave: 25

Webb, Nelson Henry† December 20th, 1940
Grave: 1-2

Webster, Tom Victor* 1920
† November 14th, 2010

White, John* 1916
† June 14th, 1941
Plot: 8 Row: G Grave: 2

White, Reginald Graham* February 20th, 1917

Whitehead, Clifford* April 26th, 1915
† July 4th, 1942

Whittingham, Sam James* March 26th, 1921
† November 18th, 1943

Whitwell, Peter Coulson* August 16th, 1920
† November 7th, 1942

Wilkinson, Royce Clifford "Wilkie"* November 26th, 1913
† 1990

Wilkinson, Stanley† October 4th, 1943
Plot: 9 Row: G Grave: 16

Williams, Frank† May 28th, 1944
Plot: IVa Row: E Grave: 7

Williams, Norman Francis* November 3rd, 1914
† June 30th, 2007

Winn, Albert Edward† October 3rd, 1943
Plot: K Row: 5 Grave: 120

Winter, William Edward* April 20th, 1922

Witt, Dennis Theodore* September 27th, 1915

Womar, Frederick John Ernest† June 2nd, 1942
Plot: 13 Row: 3 Grave: 39

Wood, Guy Huitson* 1912
† 1974

Wood, Kenneth* April 5th, 1924
† June 25th, 2007

Woodard, Leonard William† October 31st, 1944
Plot: 3 Row: C Grave: 9

Woodburn, James Douglas† October 22nd, 1941
Plot: 11 Row: F Grave: 24-25

Wooldridge, Bertie Charles† September 18th, 1941

Wortley, Warren Herbert† April 16th, 2004

Wright, Harold John Alfred "Harry"* December 28th, 1919
† January 29th, 1991

Wright, Kenneth Wynn* April 19th, 1916
† 2001

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