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28 February & 1 March 2018

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№ 173 x

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28 February 2018

Hammer Price:
£180

Pair: Sergeant J. Graham, 28th Canadian Infantry, severely wounded at Amiens, 9 August 1918
British War and Victory Medals (1072151 A. Sjt. J. Graham. 28-Can. Inf.) good very fine

Pair:
Private R. Finlayson, 28th Canadian Infantry, killed in action 6 June 1916
British War and Victory Medals (74326 Pte. R. Finlayson. 28-Can. Inf.) very fine (4) £60-80

James Graham was born in Carlisle, Cumberland, on 21 September 1892, and attested for the Canadian Over-seas Expeditionary Force at Winnipeg on 4 December 1916. He served during the Great War with the 28th Battalion (Saskatchewan Regiment), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front from May 1918, and was severely wounded at Amiens on 9 August 1918 by both shrapnel and a high explosive shell. His right leg was amputated above the knee; his left leg was amputated below the knee, and his right arm was fractured. Fitted with artificial limbs, he returned to Canada and was discharged as medically unfit on 30 April 1920. He died at Qualicum Beach, British Colombia, on 12 March 1955.

Sold together with a full medical report detailing the recipient’s injuries.

Richard Finlayson was born in Edinburgh on 3 March 1890, and attested for the Canadian Over-seas Expeditionary Force at Winnipeg on 29 April 1915, having previously served for two years in the Royal Scots. He served during the Great War with the 28th Battalion (Saskatchewan Regiment), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front from 18 September 1915, and was killed in action on 6 June 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.