Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (2) (8104 Pte. J. H. Howard.; 434713 A-Sgt. R. Sharp) the second erased and renamed; the first together with a 2nd Eastern Ontario Regiment cap badge; the second together with the recipient’s original aluminium and pressed card identity discs; 50th Alberta Regiment badges; and other ephemera, generally very fine (2) £80-£100

John Henry Howard was born in Sunderland, co. Durham, on 25 February 1888 and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Valcartier on 22 September 1914. He served with the 2nd Eastern Ontario Regiment, Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front, and was posted missing, presumed killed in action, on 22 April 1915, during the attack in the vicinity of St. Julien. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Sold with a portrait photograph of the recipient; copied record of service; and other research.

Robert Sharp was born in Sunderland, co. Durham, on 12 January 1888 and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Banff, Alberta, on 2 July 1915. He served with the 50th Alberta Regiment, Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 14 February 1917, during the actions at Vimy Ridge. He is buried in Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Sold with a portrait photograph of the recipient; copied record of service; and other research.