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10 April 2024

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£120

The Victory Medal awarded to Private H. T. Smith, 29th Battalion (Vancouver), Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 26 September 1916
Victory Medal 1914-19 (628699 Pte. H. [Sic] Smith. 29-Can. Inf.); Memorial Plaque (Henry Thomas Smith) good very fine

Memorial Plaque (Robert Smith) in card envelope of issue, good very fine (3) £70-£90

Henry Thomas Smith was born in Teynham, Kent in September 1890. He served during the Great War with the 29th Battalion (Vancouver), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. Private Smith was killed in action on the Western Front, 26 September 1916, and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial.

There are several men with the name ‘Robert Smith’ on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission list of War Dead.