Bronze, (ALEXANDER URQUHART), unmarked on the reverse, 121 mm, green oxidation spots evident on the obverse, very light contact, in its protective cardboard container, better than very fine. Accompanied by his Memorial Scroll (named to "2/Lieut. Alexander Urquhart / Highland L. Inf. att. R. Flying Corps", under glass, in a period wooden frame with two loops on the reverse for wall hanging, 240 mm x 335 mm); his Commission Document (dated March 9, 1917 at St. James Court, appointing Alexander Urquhart a 2nd Lieutenant in the Territorial Force, effective February 15, 1917, 304 mm x 404 mm, fold marks); his father John Urquhart's Imperial Service Medal, George V (engraved "JOHN URQUHART" in large capitals, with original ribbon with pinback); along with assorted research papers.
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A First War Memorial Group to Lieutenant Urquhart; No. 20 Squadron Royal Flying Corps
Footnote: Alexander Urquhart was the son of John Urquhart and Mary Urquhart of Inverness, Scotland. His father, John Urquhart, is listed on the Commonwealth War Graves website as having been a Deputy Sheriff's Clerk at the Inverness Sheriff Court at Inverness, but in fact, he was the Chief Prison Officer at HM Prison Inverness. His son, Alexander Urquhart initially served with the 9th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, which was followed by a transfer to the Royal Flying Corps. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on February 15, 1917. 2nd Lieutenant Alexander Urquhart was an Observer with No. 20 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and the 9th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry when he was declared "Missing", which was later changed to "Killed in Action", on August 17, 1917, at the age of 23. He is remembered with honour on the Arras Flying Services Memorial in Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, Pas de Calais, France and on the Scottish National War Memorial in Edinburgh, Scotland. Also killed on the same mission was the plane's Canadian pilot, Lieutenant Harold Waddell Joslyn, age 23. Joslyn was born on October 9, 1893 in Crystal City, Manitoba and was a resident of Sintaluta, Manitoba when he signed his Officers' Declaration Paper with the 68th Infantry Battalion "Regina Battalion" at the Regimental Depot in Regina, Sakatchewan, on March 14, 1916, at the age of 22, naming his next-of-kin as his father, Reverend J.H.L. Joslyn of Sintaluta, stating that he belonged to an active militia, the 95th Saskatchewan Rifles, that he was Single, that his religion was Methodist and that his occupation was that of School Teacher. Joslyn went overseas on April 28, 1916 and transferred to the Royal Flying Corps on May 21. 1917, which was followed four days later by a promotion to Flying Officer on May 25th. He was taken on strength in France as a reinforcement with the Royal Flying Corps on May 30th and was posted to No. 20 Squadron on June 6th. Lieutenant Joslyn piloted a Bristol F.2b aeroplane and was designated an Ace, credited with downing seven Albatros D.V. aeroplanes on seven different missions, between June 16 and July 28. Lieutenant Joslyn was piloting an F.E.2d and was on patrol on the morning of August 17, 1917, when he and his Observer, 2nd Lieutenant Alexander Urquhart were attacked by a Jasta 6. He is also remembered on the Arras Flying Services Memorial and is commemorated on page 266 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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