Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

1914-15 Star (Capt: H. H. Burnham. Can: Fd: Art:) good very fine £80-£100

Dix Noonan Webb, June 2012.

Howard Hampden Burnham was born in Toronto and was a pre-war officer in the Canadian Militia. He enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in August 1914, and embarked for France in early 1915, serving on attachment to the 2nd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, and with No. 2 Canadian Field Ambulance. For his services during the Great War on the Western Front he was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 22 June 1915 and 17 April 1917), and was awarded the Italian Al Valore Militare in silver (London Gazette 25 May 1917), one of just four Canadians so honoured.

Returning to the U.K. in early 1917, Burnham was employed as a specialist at Westcliffe Hospital and the C.A.M.C. General Hospital, prior to being discharged back in Ottawa in March 1919. He remained as a Medical Officer on the Non-Permanent Active Militia and ended his career as a Lieutenant-Colonel in command of the 16th Field Ambulance in Toronto.

Sold with copied record of service.