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Campaign Groups and Pairs 254


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.


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Three: Second Lieutenant A. L. Trainer, Royal Flying Corps, late Northumberland Fusiliers and 23rd Battalion, London Regiment


1914-15 Star (7-2345 Pte. A. L. Trainer. North’d Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. A. L. Trainer. R.F.C.); together with a bronze Diocese of Newcastle Parochial Reader’s medallion, very fine (4)


£140-£180


Allan Lorraine Trainer was born on 20 December 1891 and was educated at Berwick Grammar School. He attested for the Northumberland Fusiliers following the outbreak of the Great War and served with the 7th Battalion on the Western Front from 21 April 1915, taking part in the Battle of St. Julien four days after his arrival on the Front. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 23rd Battalion, London Regiment, he subsequently transferred to the Royal Flying Corps as an Observation Officer. He transferred to the Unemployed list on 10 June 1919, and post-War resumed his civilian career as a school master.


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Three: Air Mechanic Second Class P. G. Titchener, Royal Flying Corps


1914-15 Star (4211 2.A.M. P. G. Titchener. R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (4211 1.A.M. P. G. Fitchener [sic] R. F.C.); together with the recipient’s card identity tag. ‘4211 Titchener. P. G. Wesl.’, good very fine (3)


£160-£200


Percy Gordon Titchener ws born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, and joined the Royal Flying Corps on 22 March 1915. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 July 1915, and transferred to the Royal Air Force on its formation on 1 April 1918. Advanced Air Mechanic Second Class on 1 October 1918, he transferred to the Reserve on 22 May 1919, and was discharged on 21 March 1923, after 8 years’ service.


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Three: Private A. Magnet, South African Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (Pte. A. Magnet. S.A.M.C.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. A. Magnet. S.A.M.C.) good very fine


Six: Lance-Corporal F. W. Trefz, South African Forces Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st (bilingual) issue, Union of South Africa (L/Cpl. F. W. Trefz. D.E.O.R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially named ‘107577 F. W. Trefz’, mounted as worn in this order, very fine (9)


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Three: Chief Petty Officer E. C. Breen, Submarine Service, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M. Submarine Pandora was sunk during a bombing raid on Valetta, Malta, on 1 April 1942


British War and Victory Medals (J.89821 E. C. Breen. Boy 1. R.N.) BWM unofficially re-engraved; Royal Navy L.S. & G. C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (J.89821 E. C. Breen. L.S. H.M.S. Severn.) nearly very fine (3)


£100-£140


Ernest Charles Breen was born in Lydney, Gloucestershire, on 5 December 1902, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 1 June 1918. He joined H.M.S. Dolphin on 1 May 1924, and spent the rest of his service in Submarines. Advanced Leading Seaman on 26 June 1935, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 2 January 1936. Promoted Petty Officer on 3 April 1938, he saw further service during the Second World War, and was killed in action when H.M. Submarine Pandora was sunk during a bombing raid at Valetta, Malta, on 1 April 1942. Pandora was unloading when the bombing raid commenced, but the decision was made to continue the process in order to save time, and she took two direct bomb hits and was sunk. Breen has no known grave and is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.


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