Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Three: Private M. Byrne, 4th Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 4 May 1917
1914-15 Star (63095 Pte. M. Byrne. 4/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (63095 L.Cpl. M. Byrne. 4-Can. Inf.); Memorial Plaque (Michael Byrne) in card envelope; Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (63095 Pte. M. Byrne) in embossed case of issue, the plaque somewhat polished, this nearly very fine, the medals and Memorial Cross good very fine

Pair: Private J. Byrne, 54th Canadian Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (443469 Pte. J. Byrne. 54-Can. Inf.) very fine (7) £180-£220

Michael Byrne was born on 2 February 1999 and attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force. He served with the 4th Battalion (Central Ontario Regiment), Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 4 May 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, France.