British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. W. B. Mac Dermott.) good very fine £100-£140

William Bernard MacDermott was born in Comber, Ontario, and was commissioned Captain and Medical Officer in the 46th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, at Regina, Saskatchewan on 12 January 1915. He transferred to the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles on 12 June 1915, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 September 1915, before being seconded for duty with the Anglo-Russian Red Cross Hospital at Petrograd, Russia, on 23 June 1917. He was promoted temporary Major on 1 June 118, and acting Lieutenant-Colonel on 15 April 1919, and relinquished his commission on 15 May 1920. For his services during the Great War his name was brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War for valuable services rendered in connection with the War (War Office List 7 August 1917 refers).

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