Auction Catalogue

7 & 8 July 2010

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 410

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8 July 2010

Hammer Price:
£170

British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (17250 Pte. A. Moore, 7-Can. Inf.; 904475 Pte. W. B. Weir, 10-Can. Inf.; 73451 Pte. Pte. T. Fellows, 28-Can. Inf.; 75478 Pte. C. F. Wallace, 29-Can. Inf.) very fine and better (4) £100-140

Private Alfred Moore, “K” Company, 7th Battalion Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment), was posted ‘missing’ (killed in action) on 24 April 1915, aged 34 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. He was the son of Walter and Elizabeth Moors of 87 Linden Road, Hampton, Middlesex, and husband of Elizabeth Moore.

Private William Black Weir, 10th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment) was killed in action on 15 August 1917. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial.

Private Thomas Fellows, 28th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on 5 July 1916. He was buried in Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium.

Private Charles Frederick Wallace, 29th Battalion Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment) died of disease on 22 July 1916, aged 23 years. He was buried in Hadleigh (St. James the Less) Churchyard, Essex. He was the son of Baldwin Fulford Wallace and Emily Elizabeth Wallace of ‘Fairlight’, Castle Lane, Hadleigh.