Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Canadian Memorial Cross awarded in remembrance of Corporal W. MacKinnon, 31st (Alberta) Battalion, who was killed in action on 7 November 1915

Canadian Memorial Cross , G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘80045 Cpl. W. MacKinnon’, very fine £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Awards to the Canadian Forces.

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William MacKinnon was born in Linlithgowshire, Scotland, on 23 January 1886. A Carpenter by trade, he enlisted into the 31st Battalion at Edmonton in December 1914, and was killed in action on 7 November 1915 while serving in the same unit. He was buried in the Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery; sold with copied service and other papers.