Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Staff Serjeant G. S. Gissing, Canadian Army Service Corps

1914-15 Star (30453 Pte., Can. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (30453 S. Sjt., C.A.S.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (30453 Cpl.-A. Sjt., Can. A.S.C.) mounted for wear, good very fine (4) £180-220

M.S.M. London Gazette 22 February 1919.

Charles Sidney Gissing was born in Norton, Suffolk on 21 January 1889. A Book Keeper by occupation and a former member of the 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment (Militia), he attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Valcartier on 23 September 1914. Served with the Canadian Army Service Corps in France. Awarded the M.S.M. in recognition of his valuable service rendered in connection with the war. Problems with his feet resulted in him being discharged as ‘medically unfit’ at Calgary on 13 May 1920. With a quantity of copied service papers.