Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Seven: Trooper C. B. Rushton, Lord Strathcona’s Horse, late Fort Garry Horse and 10th Armoured Regiment, with whom he landed on Juno Beach on ‘D-Day’, 6 June 1944

1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with Overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver; Korea 1950-53, Canadian issue, silver (SB-50085 C. B. Rushton); U.N. Korea 1950-54 (SB_50085 C. B. Rushton) mounted as worn, good very fine (7) £180-£220

Courtney Banford Rushton attested as a Trooper in the 1st Battalion, The Grey and Simcoe Foresters (which later became the 26th Army Tank Regiment) at Haileybury, Ontario, on 20 June 1940. He transferred on break up of the regiment and landed during the Normandy landings on D-Day, 6 June 1944, with the 10th Armoured Regiment. He was discharged in Toronto on 6 October 1945, but subsequently re-attested as a Trooper into the Fort Garry Horse on 18 May 1951. He served during the Korean War on attachment to ‘B’ Squadron, Lord Strathcona's Horse, and was discharged on 8 July 1953.

Sold with copied service papers.