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Auction: 19003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 402

A Great War Royal Air Force M.S.M. awarded to Sergeant-Major J. W. Ransom, Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (31649 Sjt.-Maj:I. J. W. Ransom. R.A.F.), minor edge nicks, good very fine

M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919.

John William Ransom was born in 1883, the son of Annie Ransom of 29 Cambridge Gardens, Notting Hill. A motor engineer by profession, Ransom was summoned in August 1915 for driving a motor car in Hampstead Lane at a speed exceeding twenty miles per hour (Hendon & Finchley Times, 27 August 1915, refers). He subsequently joined the Royal Flying Corps on 12 June 1916, serving with No. 56 Squadron in France from 7 April 1917 and No. 87 Squadron from 14 June 1918. Appointed Flight Sergeant on 1 August 1918, and Sergeant-Major 1st Class shortly thereafter, Ransom was discharged at Chingford on 30 April 1920; sold with copied service record.


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Sold for
£350

Starting price
£170