Sgt J Friendly
Jocelyn Friendly
DFM
- Rank
- Sgt
- Honours
- DFM
- Service no.
- 581211
- Squadron
- No 110 Squadron
- DFM
- Listed 22/10/1940
- School
- King Edward VII School
- Fate
- Did not survive the war
From the book
Links of Long Standing
King Edwards educated Sgt Jocelyn Friendly, the first South African to be awarded the DFM was scarcely 18 years old when he volunteered in 1939. He survived a training accident in January 1940 and was a No 110 Squadron Blenheim aircrew member when his award was announced in “The London Gazette” on October 22nd, 1940, a few days before the award to South African “Battle of Britain” pilot Sgt TY Wallace. The two recipients did not survive the war.