Orders, Decorations and Medals

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (145164 Pte. J. W. Timbers), lacking suspension ring, good very fine £50-70

Private James William Timbers, 87th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment), was posted missing, later presumed killed in action, on 18 November 1916, aged 22 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial. He was the son of Mrs Nellie Timbers and the late Serjeant James M. Timbers of 150 Main Street, Hawkesbury, Ontario.