Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Memorial Plaque (2) (James Thomas Knox; Wilfred Pattman Knox) very fine (2) £80-£120

James Thomas Knox was born in Tynemouth, Northumberland, on 7 November 1892, and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, on 15 January 1916. He served with the 46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 November 1916, and was killed in action south of Passchendaeleon 26 October 1917. He is buried in Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Belgium.

Wilfred Pattman Knox was born in North Shields, Northumberland, on 12 February 1895, and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Regina, Saskatchewan, on 19 December 1914. He served with the 10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action at Mont-St. Eloi on 1 May 1917. He is buried in Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France.

Sold together with three postcard photographs of the brothers; and a large quantity of copied research.