Children of Frances Ann and John Tigwell Ransley

FUNERAL OF MR J.E. RANSLEY

The funeral of Mr John Edward Ransley took place yesterday at Arno's Vale Crematorium. Mr Ransley died very suddenly on Wednesday last, at his residence, 135, Abbey Road, Westbury-on-Trym. The service at Arno's Vale was conducted by the Rev. J.M.D. Stancomb, vicar of St. Nicholas (city).

The chief mourners were Mr C.T. Ransley Mr A.B. Ransley and Mr F.C. Ransley (brothers), Mr J.H. Rees (brother-in-law), Mr W.H. Worley, also representing the Old Stiffs Association, Mr C.J. May, Mr W.H. Hardwell, and Mr R.A. Weekes. The Powell Lodge, of which Mr Ransley was a member was represented by Bros. G. Smart, W.M., G. Ham, T. Bray, G.W. McGregor, G.S. Pakeman, P.J. Heaton, and S.R. Young.

There were also present Messrs W. Irving, P.G. Tomkins, W.L. Vitty, and P.L. Baldwin also representing the Coal Trade Benevolent Association. Mrs Ransley (widow) and Mr G.W. Ransley (brother), were unable to be present owing to illness. The funeral arrangements were carried out by Mr George Pakeman, 111, Whiteladies Road, Clifton.

At a smoking concert at the Reading Liberal Club on Saturday, Mr C.T. Ransley was made the recipient, on behalf of his friends, of a kit bag and a purse of gold. Mr Ransley was due to sail for Australia on Tuesday, and the occasion gave the members an opportunity of wishing him good luck.

RANSLEY—LANGSTON.—On the 7th inst., at St. Mary's Parish Church, Reading, by the Rev. Wickham Legg, M.A., Arthur B. Ransley, lieutenant, R.F.A., son of Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Ransley, of Caversham, to Winifred E. Langston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Langston, of Reading.

UNATTENDED LIVE MOTOR-CAR.

George William Ransley, 77, High Street, Banbury, insurance inspector, was charged with leaving a motor-car with engine running in the Market Square, on 15th August.

Defendant pleaded guilty, stating that he was unaware that it was an offence.

P.C. Stone stated the case that he found the car with the machinery running for five minutes, and no one in attendance.

Fined £1 7s. 6d., including costs.

Miss Dorothy Ransley will act as the May Queen, and as this talented lady is the possessor of excellent histrionic abilities, the play will be considerably enriched by her inclusion.

When Mr. Frank Cecil Ransley, of Perrysfield, Caversham, was dressing, his dog came into the room whining piteously. As the dog displayed considerable uneasiness Mr. Ransley followed it to the kitchen, where he saw the dead body of John Henry Rigg, a gardener. Death was due to a diseased heart.

Lt. (temp. Capt.) Frank Cecil Ransley.

This officer displays conspicuous gallantry and skill. On a recent occasion, while on patrol he was attacked by seven enemy scouts; he and his observer drove down two, and by skilful manoeuvre and dash he rallied his formation, which were being driven down, and succeeded in driving off the remaining enemy scouts. He has, in all, destroyed three hostile machines and driven down three others completely out of control.

Capt. Frank Ransley, who has been flying in France for eight months, has gained the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Croix de Guerre.

Prison Service, England and Wales: House-master in the Borstal Institution Service (£210—10—£270 + quarters or allowance in lieu)—Frank Cecil Ransley (age 30).

Recommended by Selection Board. Unestablished service as Assistant House-master under the Department since 1924. Previously a farm-pupil.

A remarkable adventure connected with a round-the-world air flight projected by the aviators, McMillan and Malins, was described to the Nottingham Boleader Club yesterday, after luncheon, at Messrs. Griffin and Spalding's Cafe, by Capt. E.C. Ransley, D.F.C., Governor of the Sherwood Borstal Institution, Nottingham.

It was after the first and unsuccessful attempt of the aviators to fly round the world, he said, that he came in contact with them through an advertisement offering adventure for a small capital investment.

[ . . . ] He decided to place a certain amount of money in the venture, and a fortnight later got a request to join a yacht at Liverpool. [ . . . ] His position was that of coal trimmer [ . . . ]

[after eventually reaching San Francisco:] Here all sorts of experiences befell the crew before they were "arrested" en block—for reasons best known to the San Francisco authorities—with the result that each had to do the best he could to secure work to earn a living.

His personal experiences included meetings with Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and other film stars, a banquet in honour of the crew, work at an oil refinery, a voyage on another ship (which returned to San Francisco), and a motor trip to Grand Canyon, Colorado, which started with a collision with another car.

"The end of it," he declared, "was that we came back with no money in our pockets."

HOW BORSTAL SYSTEM HELPS

"IT is amazing how many boys sent to Borstal institutions cannot read or write. At present, we have two lads in that plight in Cardiff Prison, and one of them cannot figure."

These statements were made by Capt. Frank Ransley, Governor of H.M. Prison, Cardiff, in an address on "The Borstal System" to the Cardiff Rotary Club on Monday.

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WHY HE BECAME GAOL CHIEF

"ONE Hundred Pounds Worth of Adventure" was the arresting title of an address given by Rotarian Frank C. Ransley, D.F.C., governor of Cardiff Prison, to the Rotary Club of Cardiff at the Park Hotel, Cardiff, on Monday, when Mr. H.W. Lewis presided.

Staid business and professional men rocked with laughter for half-an-hour as Mr. Ransley recounted how he paid £100 to join "the most crazy and ridiculous expedition that has left these shores since the days of Queen Elizabeth."

A steam yacht, he said, was bought for the voyage, which, the promoters explained was designed for the purpose of laying dumps of petrol, oil, and food at various islands on the oceans as supplies for aeroplanes.

His description of the two-knots-per-hour yacht—and of its antics—delighted his hearers. The majority of the members of the crew, each of whom had paid £100 or more to join, were wanted by the police in all the capitals of Europe.

"But they were a very good crowd," he concluded, "and when I got back I decided to take up the study of criminals for life, and I joined the prison service."

BORSTAL

Fellowship of Prayer.—Mr. F.C. Ransley, Governor of H.M. Borstal Institution, will be the speaker at the next service of the St. Matthew's Fellowship of Prayer, which will take place on Wednesday evening, July 5th [ . . . ].