Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Sergeant H. Hedges, Governor General’s Foot Guards, late Eastern Ontario Regiment

British War Medal 1914-20 (3321340 Pte., E.O.R.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Canada (Sgt., G.G.F.G.) mounted for wear, nearly very fine and better (2) £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Long Service Medals from the Collection formed by John Tamplin.

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Henry Hedges enlisted in Ottawa on 30 April 1918. He served with the 2nd Depot Battalion Eastern Ontario Regiment and the 6th Reserve Battalion, in Canada and Great Britain until discharged on 3 July 1919. Hedges continued to serve after the Great War. As a Sergeant in the Governor General’s Foot Guards he was awarded the Efficiency Medal (Canada), this published in the Canada Gazette of 30 October 1943. With some copied research.