Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘49507 Gnr. L. Smith’, in case of issue, good very fine

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘311375 Sgt. G. R. Webster’, good very fine

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘Major W. Gregory’, good very fine (3) £180-220

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

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Gunner Leonard Smith, of the 1st Trench Mortar Battery, C.F.A., late 103rd Battalion, was discharged as physically unfit for war service in February 1918 - suffering from chronic nephritis. He died in October 1924; sold with copied service record.

Sergeant George Ramsey Webster, of the 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, C.F.A., late 9th Battalion, was discharged medically unfit in 1919. He died in July 1927; sold with copied service record.

Private William Gregory was born in Guernsey, Channel Islands, in 1865. Enlisting at London, Ontario, in November 1915, he served in the 135th (Middlesex) Battalion and later with the H.Q. 1st Corps, Imperial Forces. Suffering shell shock on 8 February 1918, he was discharged in October 1918 and died in February 1930. He was the husband of Mrs. G. R. Webster, of 2032 Davenport Road, Toronto; sold with copied service papers.