St George Cross First Class GTRexclude having been advanced to Sergeant

having been advanced to Sergeant Observer on the day that he was wounded

Crooks appears to have returned to his original trade of Skinner and is listed in Kilmarnock directories as a Skinner (a person that prepares or deals in hides) and Fellmonger (a dealer in hides or skins

Awarded for outstanding achievement in the field of science

awarding a gold pin to pilots who successfully bailed out of a disabled aircraft using an Irving Parachute (although Leslie Irvin is credited with inventing the first free-fall parachute in 1919

A 1854-1855 Baltic Medal - Unnamed as issued

St George Cross First Class GTRexclude having been advanced to SergeantIn bronze, gilded, die struck, of European manufacture, likely French, circa 1920 25, unnumbered, with old period ribbon, very fine.