WW1 1914/15 Star Trio to Moore Imperial Light Horse / RAF.

A very interesting WW1 1914/15 star correctly named to Private T.C. Moore I. L. H. and a British war and victory medal to Lieutenant T. C. Moore R.A.F.
Thomas Colvin Moore was born January 26th1896, in Pretoria, South Africa. He was probably serving part time with the Imperial Light Horse a little before the war and at the onset of hostilities they were mobilised first in the South-West Africa Campaign in what is today Namibia and afterwards in Egypt, Palestine and France.
The South West Africa campaign was the conquest and occupation of German South West Africa by forces from the Union of South Africa acting on behalf of the British imperial government at the beginning of the First World War. The South African Union Defence Force was led by South African Prime Minister Louis Botha, who took the unusual move of directly leading his troops into battle as commander-in-chief, along with General Smuts, both veterans of the 2nd Anglo Boer war were now fighting for the allies in the conquest and occupation of German South West Africa.
It was probably when the regiment was transferred to France that Thomas took a commission into the Royal Flying Corps and sent to England for training. His address at this time was the Royal Colonial Institute, Northumberland Avenue, London. And he started his training as a 2nd Lieutenant from 27th June 1917. In December that year he was injured at Hounslow, his service papers say no more than that, but it was serious enough to put him in hospital for some time. When he was flying, he flew a number of aircraft including the BE2’s RE8, DN4 and DH6.
He left the Royal Air Force and was repatriated in the September 1919. His service papers are included here so there may be much more to pick out of his details.
All three medals are in near mint condition, never mounted or polished and now come mounted on card for storage or display.

Code: 29989