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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 833

Four: Flight Sergeant G. E. Franklin, Royal Naval Air Service

1914 Star, copy clasp (239138. G. E. Franklin, A.M. IGR. R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (239138 G. E. Franklin. C.P.O.M. 3 R.N.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (314955 F/Sjt. G. E. Franklin. R.A.F.), good very fine, scarce (4)

George Edward Franklin was born at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire on 20 May 1887. Following civilian employment as a 'Hotel Page', he joined the Royal Navy as a Rating on 24 May 1905. Just prior to the Great War his address is given as 33 Richmond Park Road, Bournemouth. From 1 July 1914 he was stationed at R.N.A.S. Kingsworth as an Air Mechanic. He advanced to Leading Mechanic on 1 January 1915, and Chief Petty Officer Mechanic on 1 October 1917. He was mentioned in dispatches 'for services on patrol duties and submarine searching in Home Waters' (London Gazette 1 October 1917). He became an R.A.F. Mechanic on 1 April 1918. After the Great War he served with Nos. 47 and 30 Squadrons as an Airship Rigger, receiving three Good Conduct Badges on 1 August 1919. Franklin was still serving when he died at Newbury Hospital on 20 October 1924; sold with copied service records.

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£380

Starting price
£140