Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: Petty Officer Mechanic A. Ross, Royal Naval Air Service

1914-15 Star (F.3225 P.O.M., R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals (F.3225 P.O.M., R.N.A.S.) later issues, slight edge bruising, very fine (3) £50-70

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Royal Naval Air Service and Armoured Car Squadrons.

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Albert Ross was born in Doncaster, Yorkshire, on 15 May 1885. A Driver Mechanic by occupation, he enlisted into the R.N.A.S. as an Air Mechanic 1st Class (E) on 1 February 1915. Based on Pembroke III and President II, he served at Milton, Coventry and Pembroke. He was advanced to Leading Mechanic on 1 August 1915 and to Petty Officer Mechanic on 1 August 1916. He was later taken into the R.A.F. Sold with copied service paper.