A First War Royal Flying Corps (Rfc) Side Cap Newly Listed maker marked "ELLIS BROS" on

maker marked "ELLIS BROS" on their reverses

Footnote: Horace Montague Beck Arney was a veteran of both the First and Second World Wars

Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal - Edward VII R

and prior to the war was an unmarried farmer

The scabbard is perfectly straight with some slight aging marks along the edges

A First War Royal Flying Corps (Rfc) Side Cap Newly Listed maker marked "ELLIS BROS" onFabricated from an olive green khaki wool with fold down flaps on either side, the flaps held up with black metal hooks fed through embroidered loops, with two rising peaks forming a valley between the two panels, the front with two 11. 7 mm wide buttons, the uppers of which are in dark brown bronze, the brass cores maker marked "GAUNT LONDON" on the reverse, each of the buttons illustrating the Royal coat of arms and holding the two ends of the flaps