Auction Catalogue

17 August 2021

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№ 391 x

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17 August 2021

Hammer Price:
£360

Family Group:

Three:
Acting Sergeant A. W. G. Lyon, 20th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
1914-15 Star (57881 Pte. A. W. G. Lyon. 2x/Can. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals (57881 A. Sjt. A. Lyon. 20-Can. Inf.) mounted as worn, very fine

Pair:
Honorary Captain the Rev. W. P. Lyon, Chaplain, 114th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (Hon. Capt. W. P. Lyon.); together with the recipient’s British Empire Service League, Canadian Legion Medal, bronze and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Lt-Col. The Reverend William Percy Lyon West Lincoln Ont. No. 127 Branch 1929’; with top ‘Branch Past President’ riband bar; and an apparently unrelated Canadian Forces in Egypt Welcome Home Badge, gilt and enamel, with ‘Rameses’ sword suspension, good very fine (7) £120-£160

Arthur Lyon was born at Niagara Falls, Ontario, on 22 February 1897 and attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Toronto on 12 November 1914. He served with the 20th Battalion, Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 September 1915, and was wounded by gun shot to the left leg on 3 October 1916. Advanced Acting Sergeant on 12 March 191, he was discharged on 9 May 1919.

The Rev. William Percy Lyon was born in Sittingbourne, Kent, on 24 March 1873 and having emigrated to Canada was Ordained Deacon in 1907, and Priest in 1910. He served as Chaplain to the 114th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, with the honorary rank of Captain, during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 September 1917, and was demobilised at Ottawa on 14 February 1919.

Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the Rev. W. P. Lyon.