1912 Early RFC Flight Sergt's Ephemera Group No.194 (Killed in the Field 1915)

A small but most interesting ephemera group relating to No.194 Flight Sergeant Joseph Lester Costigan, an early entrant into the fledgling Royal Flying Corps in June of 1912.
Costigan originally enlisted in 1909 for the Royal Field Artillery and after 3 years service decided to make the move to the RFC, he was promoted to Sergt. in July 1912 and then in early January 1915 promoted to Flight Sergeant, Costigan was in one of the first squadrons being sent to Belguim in August 1914, this is briefly mentioned in a handwritten letter to his family prior to leaving (envelope now bit tatty), written whilst stationed at Farnboro' (Aerodrome), in the letter he mentions that he hopes not to get hit by a bullet but worse was to come as in March of 1915 whilst still serving in Europe he was accidentally ''killed in the field'' along with others whilst loading a French made bomb onto an aircraft.
The group consists of an early August 1914 dated letter (as mentioned above), a 1907 dated Health Memoranda booklet, his original Royal Field Artillery small book with new RFC number, his brothers certificate of service in the Royal Navy starting in April 1918, a photo from his days in the RFA (he may be in photo ?) and an incredibly scarce invoice from the Finance Department of the Imperial War Graves Commission to his family requesting the sum of 12'/10 for the 44 additional letters (personal message) engraved on Costigans headstone.
Photo copies of service record also included along with other family paperwork (original) found with the military related ephemera, mostly post WW1 family related stuff, birth & death certificates and funeral cards etc, all comes in an old tatty writing box.
Sorry UK sale only.
.RESERVED for DC.

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