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18 January 2023

Hammer Price:
£340

Three: Major E. Cullen, British Columbia Dragoons, late Private, 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles
1914-15 Star (107145 Pte E. Cullen. 2/Can: Rif:); British War and Victory Medals (107145 Pte. E. Cullen. 2-C.M.R.) good very fine

Three: Sapper J. H. Cox, Canadian Engineers, who drowned when the hospital ship Anglia hit a mine returning from Calais to Dover, 17 November 1915
1914-15 Star (45 Spr: J. H. Cox. Can: Eng:); British War and Victory Medals (45 Spr. J. H. Cox. C.E.) with cap badge, generally very fine or better (6) £120-£160

Earle Cullen was born in Bolton, Lancashire in September 1892. He was a Locomotive Engineer, who served during the Great War with the 2nd Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles on the Western Front. Cullen re-engaged for service as a Captain with the British Columbia Dragoons in July 1940, and advanced to Major (entitled to CVSM, War Medal and Canadian Efficiency Decoration).

John Herbert Cox was born in London in May 1880. He served during the Great War with the 4th Field Company, Canadian Engineers on the Western Front. Sapper Cox drowned, 17 November 1915, when travelling in H.M.H.S. Anglia. The latter was returning from Calais to Dover with 390 injured Officers and Other Ranks. Around 12.30 p.m. she struck a mine and sank in 15 minutes. Despite the assistance of nearby ships, 134 personnel were killed. Sapper Cox is commemorated on the Hollybrook War Memorial, Southampton, England.