identity disc
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19960008-002
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Event
1914-1919 First World War
1917 Battle of Passchendaele - Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made 1916-1917
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Personal symbol
- Department Dress and Insignia
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1916/01/01
- Latest 1917/12/31
- Inscription DVR RANSOM GA 336814 2ND BTY CFA METH
- Materials Bakelite, Cotton
- Branch Canadian Field Artillery
- Service Component Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Unit 2ND HOWITZER BATTERY
- Measurements Length 7.5 cm, Width 3.4 cm, Thickness 0.1 cm
- Related activity Driver
- Caption Identity Discs
- Additional Information These identity discs belonged to Driver George Aaron Ransom, of the 2nd Howitzer Battery, Canadian Field Artillery. He was killed during the Battle of Passchendaele on 6 November 1917 at the age of 24. He is buried at Brandhoek Cemetery.
- Caption George Aaron RANSOME
- Additional Information Born in 1893 in Montreal Ransome enlisted in the 66th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery, in March 1916. In England, he transferred to the 83rd Howitzer Battery in October 1916 and later to the 82nd Howitzer Battery. In France, he was attached to a column and posted to the 1st Brigade in March 1917. He was killed in action on 6 November 1917.