Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (9) (Lieut. T. B. Farrell.; 308724 Gnr. D. S. Gow. C.F.A.; 267167 Pte. C. Walter. 5-Can. Inf.; 853101 Pte. W. E. Lahay. 19-Can. Inf.; 1018300 Pte. O. M. Johnson. 28-Can. Inf.; 669168 Pte. W. H. Grass. 38-Can. Inf.; 2529423 Pte. G. Smith. 58-Can. Inf.; 523799 Pte. W. Salter. C.A.M.C.; 259192 Pte. W. I. Sheppard S.R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (250017 Pte. F. D. Mc Mullen. 58-Can. Inf.) generally very fine and better (10) £200-£240

Thomas Blake Farrell was born in Manoklands, Ontario, on 21 February 1896, and was commissioned into the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at 24 December 1915. He served with the 75th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 September 1916, and was wounded by gun shot to the right forearm at Vimy on 9 April 1917. He was discharged, medically unfit, on 9 September 1919.

David Swan Gow was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 3 May 1891, and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Winnipeg on 9 February 1916. He served with the 44th Battery, 11th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 July 1916, and was killed in action on 24 March 1917, the official account of his death stating:
‘On the night of 24 March 1917, at Ablain St. Nazaire, while he was driving a team, which was taking out of action No. 5 gun of the 44th Battery, he was badly wounded at the back of the head by a piece of shrapnel, and died at the Dressing Station a few minutes afterwards.’ He is buried in Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France.

Caleb Walter was born in Bilton, England, on 17 July 1889, and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Wadena, Saskatchewan, on 8 February 1916. He served with the 5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front, and was discharged at Regina, Saskatchewan, on 24 April 1919.

William Ernest Lahay was born in Coldwater, Ontario, on 8 March 1894, and attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 29 February 1916. He served with the 19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front, and was wounded (gassed) on 29 August 1918.

Oscar Morris Johnson was born in Zealandia, Saskatchewan, on 22 September 1882, and attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Rosetown on 18 May 1916. He served with the 28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front, and was wounded by gun shot to the neck on 9 August 1918.

Walter Herbert Grass was born in Kingston, Ontario, on 16 December 1898, and attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Toronto on 21 January 1916. He served with the 38th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, during the Great War on the Western Front, and was wounded by a gun shot wound to the right leg on 10 April 1917. He suffered further, being struck in the face by a shell explosion on 26 March 1918, and then by gun shot to the right hand on 23 April 1918, subsequently being invalided out of the service.

George Smith was born in Toronto, Ontario, on 10 May 1899 and attested there for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 12 September 1917. He served with the 58th Battalion, Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front, and suffered a gun shot wound to the right arm on 18 August 1918. He was discharged at Toronto on 10 February 1919.

William Salter was born in Southampton, England, on 14 September 1899, and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Brandon on 20 February 1916, underage.

Walter Israel Sheppard was born in Acton, North Dakota, United States of America, and attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Regina, Saskatchewan, on 17 April 1918.

Fraser Delmage McMullen was born in Toronto, Ontario, on 8 August 1898 and attested there for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 2 January 1917. He served with the 58th Battalion, Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front, and was wounded on 2 October 1918.

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