Auction Catalogue

19 & 20 March 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 425

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20 March 2008

Hammer Price:
£65

British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. R. A. Brock) nearly extremely fine £40-60

Reginald Arthur Brock was born on 14 May 1869, the son of William Rees and Margaret Anna Brock. Educated at the Upper Canada College and Royal Military College, Kingston. Working for the family business of W. R. Brock Co. Ltd., Wholesale Dry Goods, of Montreal, Quebec; he was a Member of the Montreal Board of Trade and served on the Council, 1910-11. A Lieutenant-Colonel in the Canadian Militia prior to the war - commanding the 17th Duke of York’s Royal Canadian Hussars; in March 1916 he was appointed a Major in the Canadian Field Artillery, C.E.F., and served in England until 1917, commanding the 66th Battery R.C.A. He resigned his commission in October 1917 and returned to Canada. Rejoining the family company he was elected President in 1925. Brock was at various times a Governor of the Montreal General Hospital and the Verdun Protestant Hospital; a Director of a number of firms; President of the Stanstead Granite Company; member of the Chamber of Mines; member of the Montreal Golf Club, the St. James’s Club, and the St. Lawrence Yacht Club. He died at his home in Montreal on 17 March 1959. Sold with copied service papers and other research.