Auction Catalogue

19–21 June 2013

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 1236

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20 June 2013

Hammer Price:
£85

Pair: Lieutenant G. D. H. Ross, Royal Air Force

British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.A.F.) good very fine (2) £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, An Old Collection of Medals Relating to The Great War.

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George Douglas Hamilton Ross was born in Kensington, London on 4 June 1890. He was educated at Framlington, Suffolk and Chatham House (Engineering), Ramsgate. He was employed as a Director of the North Borneo State Syndicate Ltd. Appointed a Cadet with the R.F.C. in April 1917 and commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant on Probation in July 1917. Found to be unsuitable for employment as a Pilot, he was posted to the Kite Balloon Section. Confirmed as a 2nd Lieutenant in November 1917. Served with 22 Balloon Company. Transferred to the Unemployed List on 18 February 1919. With copied service papers.