until 1944, when he finally retired. A few years later, he moved to India. He died there on 15 August 1967. Honors and awards Sidney Joseph Cottle was awarded the MBE by his king for his service. The text of the award citation for the Distinguished Flying Cross reads: Sidney Joseph Cottle also was awarded the Silver Medal of Military Valor by a grateful Italian government in 1918. Notes References Shores, Christopher F., Norman L. R. Franks & Russell Guest, Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915–1920 . Grub Street, 1990. , . Royal Flying Corps officers British World War I flying aces Members of the Order of the British Empire Recipients of the Silver Medal of Military Valor Colony of Natal people Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) Royal Air Force personnel of World War II 1892 births 1967 deaths