Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (636479 Pte. E. S. Switzer. 21-Can. Inf.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (127175 Pte. W. A. Switzer. 2-C.M.R.) BWM cleaned; stain to VM, therefore nearly very fine (2) £50-£70

Ernest Samuel Switzer was born at Addington, Ontario, on 3 November 1893 and attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 25 January 1916. He served with the 21st Battalion, Canadian Infantry, during the Great War on the Western Front, and was severely gassed at Wimereux on 10 May 1916. He suffered a fractured foot on 13 July 1917, caused by a shell explosion, and was again wounded by a shell explosion on 18 August 1918. He was discharged on 6 February 1919, and died on 9 March 1969.

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