Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (Frederick Carlton James Brake) polished, very fine £60-£80

Frederick Carlton James Brake was born in Aldershot, Hampshire in December 1894. He was the son Major T. F. Brake, R.A.M.C., and initially served during the Great War as a Private with No. 5 Canadian General Hospital, Canadian Army Medical Corps in Salonika from 16 November 1915. Brake was subsequently commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 10th (Service) Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, and was killed in action on the Western Front, 21 March 1918. Second Lieutenant Brake is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Pas de Caslain, France.