Lives of the First World War

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ID: 6662222

Reference: AIR 79

Title: British RAF Airmen 1912-1919

Description: Warrant Officers, non-commissioned officers and airmen in the Royal Air Force (RAF) between 1912 and 1919. The record set contains records of more than 300,000 airmen, who were born in over 30 countries.

UPP: GBM/AIR79/103800

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9206275

Reference: gbm_adm188

Title: British Royal Navy Seamen 1899-1924 Transcription

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UPP: GBM/ADM188/86975

Additional: His name fits. The town stated as his place of birth fits with his family's Census returns and with his Birth record. This record shows that he later served in the RAF and his RAF seed record shows his Naval service and Service Number.

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ID: 9206280

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/B/1888/2/AZ/000495/097

Additional: His name fits. The year and quarter of birth and the Registration fit with the date of birth given in his RNAS and RAF Service records.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9206284

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: GBC/1891/0009436185

Additional: His name fits. His age fits the seed record for this life story and Leighton Buzzard, his place of birth on his service records, is the town nearest to the village of Edlesborough where he was born.

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ID: 9206287

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: GBC/1901/0009387735

Additional: His name fits. His age fits with his birth record and the seed record for this life story. His parents' names fit with the family's other Census returns, as do the names, ages and places of birth of his brothers Fred and Edmund.

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ID: 9206291

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/07767/0043/3

Additional: His name fits. His age fits with his birth record and the seed record for this life story. His parents' names and his brother Horace's name and age fits with their 1901 Census return.

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ID: 9206293

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: BMD/M/1915/2/AZ/001210/020

Additional: His name fits. His wife's Christian names fit with their 1939 Register entry and with those on their headstone in the churchyard of SS Peter and Paul, Little Gaddesden.

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ID: 9206300

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: BMD/D/1963/1/AZ/000873/001

Additional: His name and age fit. This record fits with his burial record and the information on his headstone in SS Peter and Paul's Churchyard, Little Gaddesden.

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ID: 9207207

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: BMD/B/1916/2/AZ/001279/037

Additional: Records the birth of Ernest's daughter Dorothy, a twin. Her mother's maiden name is given, matching that in her parents' marriage record. She and her twin brother are named with their parents in their 1939 Register entry.

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ID: 9207210

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: BMD/B/1916/2/AZ/001279/038

Additional: Records the birth of Ernest's son Edward, a twin. His mother's maiden name is given, matching that in his parents' marriage record. He and his twin sister are named with their parents in their 1939 Register entry.

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ID: 9207214

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: BMD/B/1874/3/AZ/000467/083

Additional: Records the birth of Ernest's brother Willis. His name and age fit with the family's 1881 Census return and the Registration District fits with their residence in Edlesborough at the time.

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ID: 9207215

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: BMD/B/1876/2/AZ/000498/067

Additional: Records the birth of Ernest's brother Fred. His name and age fit with the family's 1881 -1901 Census returns and the Registration District fits with their residence in Edlesborough at the time of his birth.

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ID: 9207218

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: BMD/B/1878/3/AZ/000493/032

Additional: Records the birth of Ernest's brother Bertram. His name and age fit with the family's 1881 and 1891 Census returns and the Registration District fits with their residence in Edlesborough at the time of his birth.

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ID: 9207220

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: BMD/D/1897/4/AZ/000307/134

Additional: Records the death of Ernest's brother Bertram. His name and age fit with the family's 1881 and 1891 Census returns and the Registration District fits with their residence in Ashridge Park at the time of his death.

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ID: 9207222

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: BMD/B/1885/2/AZ/000492/177

Additional: Records the birth of Ernest's brother Edmund. His name and age fit with the family's 1891 and 1901 Census returns and the Registration District fits with their residence in Edlesborough at the time of his birth.

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ID: 9207225

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: BMD/B/1891/4/AZ/000486/334

Additional: Records the birth of Ernest's brother Horace. His name and age fit with the family's 1901 and 1911 Census returns and the Registration District fits with their residence in Ashridge Park at the time of his birth.

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ID: 9207227

Reference: 1881gbc

Title: 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: GBC/1881/0007660697

Additional: The 1881 Census return for Ernest's parents and three oldest brothers, then living in Edlesborough. His parents' names fit later Census returns and the names, ages and places of birth of his brothers fit their 1891 Census return, on which Ernest is also named.

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ID: 9207231

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: BMD/D/1978/1/AZ/001105/071

Additional: Records the death of Ernest's widow Jane. Her name fits and her date of birth is given, matching that on the family's 1939 Register entry.

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ID: 9207247

Name: Spring 1919, King's, Watford Urban, p19, Nos 1724 & 1725

Title: 1919 Electoral Register 122 Whippendell Road, Watford

Description: Spring 1919 Electoral Register for King's Polling District, Watford Urban, Parliamentary County of Hertfordshire, Watford Division, which shows Ernest Ruffett (absent) and Jane Ann Ruffett registered to vote at 122 Whippendell Road, Watford. They are shown at this address throughout this set of Electoral Register records, which ends in 1930.

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Additional: His name fits. His wife's Christian names match their Marriage record. They are still shown in Watford, though at a different address, in the 1939 Register. Watford was also the Registration District for their children's births.

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ID: 9207253

Name: Woodside, Ridge Lane, Watford, Herts, Schedule 134.1

Title: 1939 Register Ernest and family

Description: 1939 Register entry for Ernest Ruffett b. 6th March 1888, a Handicraft Teacher – Wood & Metal, Elementary Schools his wife Jane A b. 21st September 1883 and their twin children Edward H, Teacher Elementary School and Dorothy M Clerical Officer (Civil Servant Customs Clerical) both born 8th April 1916, living at Woodside, Ridge Lane, Watford, Herts.

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Additional: His name fits. His date of birth matches that given in his Service Records. His wife's Christian name fits their marriage record. his children's names fit with their birth records in which their mother's maiden name is given, which fits with Ernest and Jane's marriage record.

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ID: 9207256

Name: 26 Margaret Road, East Barnet, Herts, Schedule 31.1

Title: 1939 Register entry Brother Fred

Description: 1939 Register entry for Ernest's brother Fred Ruffett b. 25th May 1876, a Postman (Retired) living at 26 Margaret Road, East Barnet, Herts. He is recorded as married but is listed as the only member of the household.

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Additional: His name and the date of birth fit Ernest's brother Fred in the family's Census returns. This also fits with his Birth record.

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ID: 9207258

Name: "Ashridge" Rural Way, Reigate, Surrey, Schedule 120.1

Title: 1939 Register entry Brother Edmund

Description: The 1939 Register entry for Ernest's brother Edmund C H Ruffett b. 21st April 1885, a Railway Canvasser, his wife Lilian H Ruffett b. 24th April 1886, their son Frederick C b. 3rd November 1916 and daughter Betty b. 11th April 1924, living at "Ashridge" Rural Way, Reigate, Surrey

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Additional: Edmund's name and date of birth fit Horace's brother Edmund's Birth record and Census returns. They have called their house 'Ashridge' - presumably after the area in which Edmund grew up.

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ID: 9207264

Name: 53 Regent Street, Watford, Schedule 28.1

Title: 1939 Register entry Brother Horace

Description: 1939 Register entry for Ernest's brother Horace Ruffett b. 1st October 1891, Handicraft Teacher, his wife Lily Ruffett b. 15th December 1889 and their son Bertram G Ruffett b. 12th January 1921, a Railway Clerk, living at 53 Regent Street, Watford.

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URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=TNA/R39/1638/1638J/003/25
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Additional: Horace's name and date of birth fit with Census returns for Ernest's family and with his Birth record.

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ID: 9207272

Name: 24 May 1915, Great Berkhampstead, FHL Film No: 1537868 Ref. ID: item 1 p 140

Title: England, Select Marriages Ernest Ruffett

Description: Records the marriage of Ernest Ruffett, Male, on 24 May 1915 at Great Berkhampstead to Jane Ann Richardson

Connected by: Jane31029

URL: https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=AlC83&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=Ernest&gsfn_x=0&gsln=Ruffett&gsln_x=NP&msbdy=1888&msbpn__ftp=Edlesborough,%20Buckinghamshire,%20England&msbpn=1657411&msfng=Charles&msfns=Ruffett&msmng=Sarah&mssng=Jane%20Ann&mssns=Richardson&mscng=Edward&mscns=Ruffett&mscng1=Dorothy&mscns1=Ruffett&_83004003-n_xcl=f&cp=0&catbucket=rstp&MSAV=1&uidh=isj&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=27426336&dbid=9852&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1
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Additional: His name fits. His wife's name fits with information in his RAF Record and her Christian names with Electoral Register entries.

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ID: 9207275

Name: Year 1963, p519 Ruffett, Ernest of 61 Ridge Lane, Watford.

Title: National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations)

Description: Ruffett Ernest of 61 Ridge Lane Watford Hertfordshire died 17 March 1963 at West Middlesex Hospital Isleworth Middlesex Probate Oxford 3e1 May to Jane Ann Ruffett widow. Effects £5280 11s.

Connected by: Jane31029

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1904/32858_611411_1980-00266?pid=18465404&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DAlC84%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26gss%3Dangs-g%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3DErnest%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3DRuffett%26gsln_x%3DNP%26msbdy%3D1888%26msbpn__ftp%3DEdlesborough,%2520Buckinghamshire,%2520England%26msbpn%3D1657411%26msfng%3DCharles%26msfns%3DRuffett%26msmng%3DSarah%26mssng%3DJane%2520Ann%26mssns%3DRichardson%26mscng%3DEdward%26mscns%3DRuffett%26mscng1%3DDorothy%26mscns1%3DRuffett%26_83004003-n_xcl%3Df%26cp%3D0%26catbucket%3Drstp%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3Disj%26pcat%3DROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3D18465404%26dbid%3D1904%26indiv%3D1%26ml_rpos%3D27&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=AlC84&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true
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Additional: His name fits, as does that of his widow. The address in Ridge Lane, Watford fits with their 1939 Register entry.

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ID: 9207285

Name: Ruffett, Ernest, LM, #F9680

Title: Naval Medal and Award Roll image

Description: The Naval Medal and Award Roll entry for Leading Mechanic Ernest Ruffett R.N., #F9680, awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.

Connected by: Jane31029

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1687/31793_221329-00101?pid=1736649&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DAlC84%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26gss%3Dangs-c%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3DErnest%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3DRuffett%26gsln_x%3DNP%26msbdy%3D1888%26msbpn__ftp%3DEdlesborough,%2520Buckinghamshire,%2520England%26msbpn%3D1657411%26msfng%3DCharles%26msfns%3DRuffett%26msmng%3DSarah%26mssng%3DJane%2520Ann%26mssns%3DRichardson%26mscng%3DEdward%26mscns%3DRuffett%26mscng1%3DDorothy%26mscns1%3DRuffett%26_83004003-n_xcl%3Df%26cp%3D0%26catbucket%3Drstp%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3Disj%26pcat%3D39%26h%3D1736649%26recoff%3D4%25205%26dbid%3D1687%26indiv%3D1%26ml_rpos%3D6&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=AlC84&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true
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Additional: His name fits and his rank and service number fit with his Naval Record.

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ID: 9207309

Name: Ruffett, Ernest, Registered 1st August 1920, Register no. 42663

Title: Teachers' Registration Council Register

Description: The Teachers' Registration Council Register entry for Ernest Ruffett, who registered 1st August 1920 with register no. 42663. He had attained the City and Guilds of London Institute Teacher's Final Certificate in Manual Training (Woodwork and Metalwork). His experience is recorded as Assistant Manual Training Instructor - Bloomsbury School Birmingham 1913 - 1915. Manual Training Instructor in Charge, Callow Land Handicrafts Centre, Watford 1915 - 1935. (Military Service 1915-1919). Teacher in Charge, Handicrafts Centre, Leggatts Way Senior Boys' School, Watford 1935 - .

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Additional: His name fits. His military service dates fit with his Service Records. His profession fits with his 1939 Register entry and his work in Watford fits with his Electoral Register and 1939 Register addresses.

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ID: 9207325

Name: Monuments on the Old Churchyard p16 No 207

Reference: St Peter and St Paul's Church, Little Gaddesden

Title: Hertfordshire Monumental Inscriptions Little Gaddesden The Parish Church of St Peter & St Paul

Description: A list, compiled in 1993, of the inscriptions on graves in the old and new churchyards and the memorials in the church, together with a plan of the location of the old churchyard graves.

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Additional: There are three stones for the Ruffett family: 1 for the parents Charles and Sarah; 2 for Ernest's brother Edmund and his wife Lilian Harriet and 3 for Ernest and Jane Ann. Ernest and Jane Ann's names and dates of death fit with their death records. Ernest's parents' and brother Edmund's names and ages fit with the family's Census returns. Ernest and Edmund grew up in the Little Gaddesden area.

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ID: 9207364

Title: The Ruffett Family Grave

Description: The grave of Charles and Sarah Ruffett with additional stones placed to commemorate their sons Edmund and Ernest and their wives. The inscriptions read as follows: 1st stone: In loving memory/ of/ Charles Ruffett/ died Oct 27, 1916 aged 63/ also/ Sarah his wife/ died Nov 24, 1931/ aged 79/ At rest. 2nd stone: Their son/ Edmund Charles Henry/ Ruffett/ died Aug 3rd 1964 aged 79/ and his wife/ Lilian Harriet/ died Nov 28th 1967 aged 81. 3rd stone: In loving memory of/ their son/ Ernest Ruffett/ died 17th March 1963/ aged 75 years/ and his wife Jane Ann/ died 21st January 1978/ aged 94 years.

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ID: 9207372

Title: Ernest and Jane Ann Ruffett's grave stone

Description: Detail of the stone tablet commemorating Ernest and Jane Ann Ruffett on the Ruffett family grave in SS Peter and Paul old churchyard, Little Gaddesden. The wording on this tablet reads: In loving memory of/ their son/ Ernest Ruffett/ died 17th March 1963/ aged 75 years/ and his wife Jane Ann/ died 21st January 1978/ aged 94 years.

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Additional: Ernest's parents Charles and sarah and his brother and sister in law Edmund and Lilian Harriet are also commemorated here.

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ID: 9207563

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: BMD/D/2004/6/86245610

Additional: Records the death of Ernest's son Edward Ruffett. His date of birth is given and matches that on the family's 1939 Register entry.

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ID: 9207568

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: BMD/D/2001/3/84564142

Additional: Records the death of Ernest's daughter Dorothy. Her married surname, Tough, can be seen added to the family's 1939 Register entry. Her full date of birth is given and matches that in the 1939 Register.

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ID: 9207643

Name: Little Gaddesden Burial Register 1813-1980 p177, no 1416

Reference: St Peter and St Paul's Church, Little Gaddesden

Title: Burial of Ernest Ruffett

Description: Burial of the ashes of Ernest Ruffett at St Peter & St Paul Little Gaddesden on 5th April 1963 after cremation at the S.W. Middlesex Crematorium. He had died in the West Middlesex Hospital, Isleworth on 17th March 1963, aged 75.

Connected by: Jane31029

Additional: His name fits. His date and place of death fit his National Probate Calendar entry. His gravestone is visible in the churchyard.

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ID: 9225040

Title: School House and Nos 20 – 23 Little Gaddesden

Description: An early twentieth century postcard of Little Gaddesden, centred at the point which is now the bottom of Church Road, showing the School House (No 26) on the left and Nos 20 - 23 on the right.

Connected by: Jane31029

Additional: The location and houses are still recognisable today. No 20 is the far side of the larger semi-detached pair of houses on the right.

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ID: 9349227

Title: 40 & 41 Ashridge Park, now Witches Hollow

Description: Early Twentieth Century photo of the cottages then called 40 & 41 Ashridge Park and previously 40 & 41 Ringshall. They now form one house, Witches Hollow. The photo was included in 'A Century Remembered' and is included here with permission of the editor.

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ID: 9349317

Name: ISBN 0-9542174-0-3

Reference: Personal copy

Title: A Century Remembered

Description: Leonhardt, John (ed), 2002, A Century Remembered - a celebration of the Millenium in Little Gaddesden, Rural Heritage Society of Little Gaddesden, Ringshall and Ashridge.

Connected by: Jane31029

Additional: Includes information on and photographs of village families and houses.

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ID: 9362842

Name: Ruffett, Ernest entered 17th Aug 1891, last entry 12th March 1899

Reference: Little Gaddesden School Archive

Title: Little Gaddesden School Log Books 1887 – 1906

Description: The log book kept by the Headmasters of Little Gaddesden School which records points of note in the daily running of the school and information about the pupils. Ernest is mentioned between 1891 and 1899. His surname is occasionally written as 'Ruffitt'.

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Additional: His name fits. This record fits with his family's Census returns. His family lived in Ashridge Park then Little Gaddesden, so this was his local school.

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ID: 9372283

Title: RNAS Air Mechanic Arm Badge

Description: RNAS Air Mechanic's Arm Badge, as would have been worn by Ernest Ruffett.

Connected by: Jane31029

Additional: This was Ernest Ruffett's role as detailed in his Naval Service Record.

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ID: 9579106

Title: British War Medal and Victory Medal

Description: Photo of the British War Medal and Victory Medal, as awarded to Ernest Ruffett.

Connected by: Jane31029

Additional: Ernest's entitlement to these medals is confirmed in his Naval Medal and Award Roll entry.

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ID: 9618276

Title: Little Gaddesden Roll of Honour revised 2018

Description: The 2018 Revised Roll of Honour, which now hangs in St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Little Gaddesden in addition to the earlier Roll. The name of Ernest Ruffett, Royal Naval Air Service has been added.

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ID: 9632077

Title: Ernest Ruffett

Description: Ernest Ruffett. The information on the back reads; "Ernest Ruffett (1888 - 1963) In France 1917 - 1919 with 216 Squadron R.A.F. which was previously Naval A Squadron. Son of Charles & Sarah Ruffett."

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ID: 9632155

Name: No 216 Squadron

Title: Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Description: "In August 1917 a detachment of No 7 (Naval) Squadron was sent to Redcar to operate four Handley Page 0/100 bombers in the anti-submarine role.... On 5th Oct 1917, it was redesignated as 'A' Squadron... It was intended for strategic bombing operations in France. At the end of October the unit ... joined the 41st Wing, which later became the Independent Bombing Force. On 8 January 1918, 'A' Squadron was once again redesignated, ... as No 16 Squadron RNAS. On 24/25 March 1918, an aircraft of the unit carried out an 8½ hour operation against Cologne. When the RAF was formed on 1 April 1918, all RNAS numbered squadrons had 200 added to their designation and No 16 RNAS therefore became No 216 Squadron RAF. The squadron operated until the end of the war dropping four of the eleven 1,650 lb bombs expended in the war and remained in France after the war, carrying out air mail duties."

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URL: http://www.rafweb.org/Squadrons/Sqn216-220.htm
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Additional: This fits with the information on the back of the photograph of Ernest, which notes his service in A Squadron RNAS and 216 Squadron RAF.