Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private J. F. Ransom, Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 27 July 1916

1914-15 Star (545 Pte. J. F. Ransom. R. Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (K-545 Pte. J. F. Ransom. R. Fus.) nearly extremely fine (3) £60-£80

John Frederick Ransom was born in Westminster and attested for the Royal Fusiliers at Shepherd’s Bush, London. He served with the 22nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 November 1915, and was killed in action on 27 July 1916, on which date the Battalion was in action at Delville Wood. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.