Auction Catalogue

23 February 2022

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Lot

№ 373

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23 February 2022

Hammer Price:
£380

Pair: Acting Sergeant W. Roxburgh, 49th Canadian Infantry, who was posted missing presumed killed in June 1917

British War and Victory Medals (811345 A. Sjt. W. Roxburgh. 49-Can. Inf.) together with Memorial Plaque (Wallace Roxburgh) this last contained in a contemporary hinged-lid display case, extremely fine (3) £80-£100

Wallace Roxburgh, 49th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, was posted missing and presumed to have been killed on 9 June 1917. He was the son of Peter and Jane Roxburgh, of Kirkpatrick-Durham, Dalbeattie, Scotland, and is commemorated by name on the Vimy Memorial, France.