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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 910

Pair: Air Mechanic 1st Class J. V. L. Gooch, Royal Naval Air Service

British War and Victory Medals (F.33481 J. V. L. Gooch. A.M.1 R.N.A.S.), very fine (2)


James Vernon Lawson Gooch was born on 23 September 1892 at Bermondsey, Surrey, the son of Robert Stephen Gooch, who worked as a Post Office porter. Gooch followed his father and worked as a linesman with the G.P.O., before joining the R.N.A.S. as Air Mechanic 1st Class (Electrical) on 14 July 1917, and serving at Crystal Palace, Roehampton and Furness. He married Doris L. Bray at West Ham in October 1918 and died at Gosport in October 1969; sold with copied service record and research.

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Sold for
£60

Starting price
£10