WW1/WW2 MSM Group of 9
Name: William Henry Slawson
Service No: 54694 & 7253980
Unit: R.A.M.C.
Naming Details:
- 1914-15 Star impressed - 54694 A/SJT. W.H SLAWSON.
- R.A.M.C. British War and Victory Medals both impressed - 54694 W.O 2 W. H SLAWSOM. R.A.M.C.
- 1939-45 Star, Defence, War and 1935 Jubilee Medals unnamed as awarded.
- Army LSGC and bar impressed - 7253980 SJT. W.H. SLAWSON. R.A.M.C.
- Meritorious Service Medal impressed - 7253980 S/SJT. W.H. SLAWSON. R.A.M.C.
Notes: This group was sold in 2008 in DNW and remarks suggest that the LSGC should be a George V award and that all medals other than the MSM may be official replacements. I believe that when William qualified for the bar to his LSGC in 1951 he was awarded this LSGC and bar (when he should have just received the bar). All medals are correctly impressed and confirmed on his dossier, there is no mention of any replacement awards.
Additional Information
Record of Service:
William Slawson was born on the 25th of June 1890 in Hull, Yorkshire. He enlisted in the British army on the 25th of August 1908 and was allocated service number 1899. He transferred to the A Res. on the 24th of August 1911.
Following the outbreak of WW1 William attested on the 3rd of May 1915, was allocated service number 54694 and joined the Royal Army Medical Corps. Prior to embarking to join the BEF, on the 13th of November 1915, he was promoted to Sergeant. He served in France, with the 19th Field Ambulance, RAMC, from the 23rd of November 1915 to the 11th of February 1919. On the 2nd of July 1919 he was promoted to A/QSM (W.O.II).
Following the end of the war William continued to serve in the Rhine and was re-allocated service number 7253980, he finally returned home on the 1st of April 1926. He served in India with the RAMC from the 29th of March 1928 to the 27th of March 1936. While in India he was promoted to S/Sergeant, on the 10th of November 1931 and was awarded the Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1933. In 1935 he was awarded the 1935 Jubilee Medal. He discharged to the Reserve on the 2nd of May 1936.
William was mobilised from the Reserve on the 2nd of September 1939 and served in the BEF with the 8th Field Hygiene Section from the 19th of September 1939 to the 25th of February 1940 and the 8th of March 1940 to the 31st of May 1940. He continued to serve at home until joining the Reserve on the 17th of March 1952.
William was awarded a Certificate for Good Service, in the 1944 New Years Honours awards and qualified for the clasp to his LSGC on the 31st of August 1951. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal on the 11th of December 1951.
Notes:
This group was sold in 2008 in DNW and remarks suggest that the LSGC should be a George V award and that all medals other than the MSM may be official replacements. I believe that when William qualified for the bar to his LSGC in 1951 he was awarded this LSGC and bar (when he should have just received the bar). All medals are correctly impressed and confirmed on his dossier, there is no mention of any replacement awards.
1914-15 Star impressed 54694 A/SJT. W.H SLAWSON. R.A.M.C. British War and Victory Medals both impressed 54694 W.O 2 W. H SLAWSOM. R.A.M.C. 1939-45 Star, Defence, War and 1935 Jubilee Medals unnamed as awarded. Army LSGC and bar impressed 7253980 SJT. W.H. SLAWSON. R.A.M.C. Meritorious Service Medal impressed 7253980 S/SJT. W.H. SLAWSON. R.A.M.C
This group is swing mounted on original ribbons.