Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Three: Second Lieutenant G. J. Ross, Royal Air Force, late Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (230135, G. J. Ross. Y.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. G. J. Ross. R.A.F.) good very fine

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (Wm. Ross, Sergr. No. 2308 Plymo. R.M.L.I.) some abrasions to obverse field, nearly very fine (4) £240-£280

George James Ross served as a Yeoman of Signals in the Royal Navy before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps as an Acting Warrant Officer Observer on 9 May 1917. He served in the seaplane carrier H.M.S. Vindex, before being commissioned second Lieutenant on 26 June 1917, and serving in the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Furious.

William Ross, the father of the above, was born in Dunfermline on 20 September 1862 and enlisted in the Royal Marine Light Infantry at Edinburgh on 20 June 1882. Posted to the Plymouth Division, he was advanced Sergeant on 14 September 1889, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 13 October 1892. Promoted Colour Sergeant on 20 October 1898, he transferred to the 6th Volunteer Battalion, Royal Highlanders, on 9 September 19000, and subsequently enrolled in the Royal Fleet Reserve on 18 July 1904.

Sold with copied record of service.