Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private G. Yuile, 75th Battalion (Mississauga), Canadian Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (237205 Pte. G. Yuile. 75-Can. Inf.) with cap badge, collar title and damaged portrait photograph of recipient in uniform, generally very fine or better

Pair: Lieutenant E. A. Dixon, 17th Machine Gun Company, Canadian Expeditionary Force
British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. E. A. Dixon.) good very fine (lot) £60-£80

George Yuile was born in Glasgow, Scotland in October 1901. He resided at 17 Kingsley Avenue, Toronto, Ontario. Yuile enhanced his age on enlistment stating it was 25 February 1898. He served during the Great War with the 75th Battalion (Mississauga), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. After the war he served as a police officer with the Ontario Provincial Police, and was severely injured in an on-duty vehicle accident 7 June 1948, and died from his injuries four days later.

Edward Algernon Dixon served with the North West Mounted Police prior to the Great War, and then subsequently served with the Yukon Infantry Company and finally the 17th MG Company, CEF during the Great War.