Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The British War Medal awarded to Private J. R. Henderson, 10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 23 April 1915

British War Medal 1914-20 (20778 Pte. J. R. Henderson. 10-Can. Inf.); Memorial Plaque (John Reid Henderson); Memorial Scroll, ‘Pte. John Reid Henderson, Canadian Infantry Bn.’, very fine (3) £120-£160

John Reid Henderson was born in Dalmuir, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, on 10 April 1889 and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Valcartier on 23 September 1914. He served with the 10th Battalion (Alberta Regiment), Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 23 April 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Sold together with a letter of condolence from the Minister of Militia and Defence for Canada; the recipient’s Canadian Expeditionary Force Death Certificate; and Minister of National Defence enclosure.