Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Captain J. R. Beaven, Royal Army Medical Corps and Canadian Forces
British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. R. Beaven.) nearly extremely fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (Capt. A. Johnson.; 304155 Spr. J. L. Thompson. C.R.T.) the latter mounted as worn alongside two unrelated Greek Red Cross awards both named to ‘Peter Lengtis’; Victory Medal 1914-19 (34624 Pte. G. H. Jewell. C.A.M.C.) generally very fine and better (7) £100-£140

John Reginald Beaven, a native of Galt, Ontario, served during the Great War as a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps, from 26 October 1917 to 28 January 1919.

Ambrose Johnson was born in Hamilton, Ontario, on 23 September 1883, and enlisted into the Royal Canadian Regiment on 21 March 1901. Advanced Quartermaster Sergeant on 9 July 1909, he was commissioned Lieutenant in the 33rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry, on 16 March 1915. After as spell as Adjutant of the 70th Canadian Infantry; Company Commander of the 110th Battalion; and Second in Command of the 156th Battalion, he served with the 38th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 March 1918, and was killed in action during an attack on the Canal du Nord on 29 September 1918. His casualty Report Form states:
‘He was struck in the head by an enemy machine gun bullet and killed about 10:00 a.m. while leading his Company to attack enemy positions in the vicinity of the Douai-Cambrai Road in front of Sailly.’
Johnson is buried in Borlon Wood Cemetery, France.

John Livingstone Thompson was born in Glasgow on 24 December 1898 and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Kingston, Ontario, on 15 November 1915. He served with the Canadian Railway Troops during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 February 1917, and was demobilised on 20 March 1919.

George Henry Jewell was born in Walthamstow, London, on 26 January 1884 and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Valcartier on 23 September 1914. He served with the Canadian Army Medical Corps during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 November 1914 (entitled to a 1914 Star - a rare award to the Canadian Forces), and was discharged on 6 July 1919

Sold with copied research including a photographic image of Ambrose Johnson.