Orders, Decorations and Medals

British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (Capt. R. C. Wingate; 745087 Pte. M. W. Harding, 2-Can. Inf.; 77532 Pte. H. Johnston, 20-Can. Inf.) very fine and better (3) £70-90

Reginald Cecil Wingate was appointed a Temporary Lieutenant on 22 August 1916. He was granted leave to Canada, September - November 1916 and was retained in Canada for service on 11 December 1916. His m.i.c. suggests that he did serve in France. He was hospitalised at St. Lukes Hospital, Ottawa, November-December 1917. His address on his papers was given as ‘507 King Edward Ave., Ottawa’. With copied research.

Murray Harding was born in Toronto on 20 May 1893. A Tile Setter by occupation, he attested for the 116th Battalion at Uxbridge on 17 December 1915. He sailed for England on the S.S. Olympic on 31 July 1916 and was taken on to the strength of the 2nd Battalion in France on 11 September 1916. Within three months of enlisting he was found to have deformed feet and defective hearing - yet was deemed fit enough to serve overseas! He was eventually transferred to England and then embarked for Canada from Liverpool on 18 October 1917. He was discharged as unfit for service on 26 January 1918. He died in St. Thomas, Ontario on 10 September 1964. With copied service papers.

Howard Johnston was born in Rhode Island, U.S.A. on 28 June 1893. At the time of his enlistment he was living in Alton, Ontario. He attested for the 126th Battalion in Toronto on 3 December 1915. With copied attestation paper.