Auction Catalogue

1 December 2010

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 553

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1 December 2010

Hammer Price:
£230

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (A. Maj. J. C. Galway) extremely fine £100-140

Major John Campbell Galway, “C” Company, 2nd Battalion Canadian Pioneers, was killed in action on 18 April 1917, aged 40 years. He was buried in the Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais, France. He was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Galway, of Comber, Co. Down, and husband of Anna M. Galway, of The Manse, Hulton Avenue, West Hartlepool, England.