In loving memory of my father, Major Alfred William SANSOM, M.B.E. aged 64 years, born in Cairo Egypt 1910, Died in Malta and died 15th February 1973
At rest in Ta Braxia Cemetery, Malta.
(Wills and Admin, Ancestry.co.uk) Alfred William Sansom of 1 Miami Flats, Balzan Valley Road, Balzan, Malta
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A group of six George VI and Elizabeth II Second World War medals to "Major Alfred William Sansom, Intelligence Corps", comprising - O.B.E. (Civil Division), 1940-1945 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal (with Oak Leaves), and General Service Medal with single bar for "Malaya" and Oak leaves, complete with citation for the O.B.E. and citation regarding being mentioned in dispatches dated 6th April 1944, with copies of certificates relating to his work in the Middle East 1946 and 1947, a selection of black and white photographs (mostly groups), a gold coloured metal identity bracelet (No. 150072 "Major A.W. Sansom C of E"
London Gazette dated 1st January 1953 M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order: Major Alfred William SANSOM, Second Secretary at Her Majesty's Embassy in Cairo.
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Footnote
M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1953.
Alfred William Sansom was born in Cairo in December 1909 and was educated at the city’s English School, and at King’s School, Ely in Cambridgeshire. His father was manager of the Egypt office of the Gresham Life Assurance Society and it was upon a similar career in insurance that young Alfred embarked on leaving school: ‘As I had to travel all of Egypt and in other Arab countries selling insurance I was able to indulge my hobby, passion, and almost obsession of learning the various tribal dialects of Arabic.’ On the outbreak of hostilities in September 1939, he was drafted by British Embassy to the Anglo-Egyptian Censorship, dull work that prompted his application for employment in the Military Police on Italy’s entry into the war in June 1940. Having then attended a training course, he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the British Field Security Service and sent to Mersa Matruh.
