British WWI War Medal & Ribbon, Lieutenant RAF, Possible Casualty 1940
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Original era manufacture. Silver medal with original ribbon, named on the edge, LIEUT. H.E. SYMONS RAF.Normal age and wear.I did a little looking around on the net, and found a casualty listing for Flight Lieutenant Humfrey Ewan Symons, 72592, age 40, who died 28-05-40. When the British coastal transport SS Abukir was torpedoed by the German E-Boot S-34. The ship was transporting soldiers and airmen during an evacuation attempt from Belgium. He would have been eighteen in 1918, perhaps this is the man. Good research potential. His name is commemorated on the memorial at Runnymede in Surrey.