Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (8) (J. Hunter. Sto.1. 5114. R.N.C.V.R.; 89627 Gnr. W. Heenan. C.F.A.; 12822 Pte. W. H. Bramley. 5-Can. Inf.; 1126 Pte. C. Gunstan. 8-Can. Inf.; 71573 Pte. J. T. Blowers. 27-Can. Inf.; 2030323 Pte. C. Dalgety. 27-Can. Inf.; 75271 Pte. A. E. Clark. 29-Can. Inf.; 152491 Pte. C. P. Jones. 1-C.M.R.) good very fine (8)
£200-240

William Heenan attested for the 26th Battery, 72nd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery at Kingston, Ontario, on 6 March 1915, having previously served in the 40th Regiment.

William Henry Bramley attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Valcartier, Quebec, on 18 September 1914.

Charles Gurnstan attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Valcartier, Quebec, on 26 September 1914.

John Thorold Blowers was born in Reading, Berkshire, and attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Winnipeg, Manitoba, on 28 October 1914. He served with the 27th Battalion (Manitoba Regiment), Canadian Infantry, during the Great War, and was killed in action on 6 February 1916, when, ‘while on duty on front of our lines, he was hit in the head by an enemy rifle bullet and instantly killed.’ He is buried in Lindenhoek Chalet Military Cemetery, Belgium.

George Dalgety was born in Dundee, Forfarshire, on 13 July 1877, and attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Vancouver, British Colombia, on 17 August 1917, having previously served in Marshall’s Horse and the Natal Mounted Rifles.

Alfred Edward Clark was born in Edmonton, London, on 22 September 1879, and attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Vancouver, British Colombia, on 13 November 1914.

Charles Percy Jones attested for the 79th Battalion, Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force, at Brandon, Manitoba, on 21 September 1915, and served during the Great War with the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion. He was killed in action on the Western Front on 1 October 1916, and is buried in Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, France.