Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private F. C. Crothers, 18th (Western Ontario) Battalion, Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 2 November 1917

British War and Victory Medals (2334306 Pte. C. Crothers. 18-Can. Inf.); Memorial Plaque (Carson Crothers), in card envelope; Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (2334306 Pte. C. Crothers), in case of issue, good very fine (lot) £200-£240

Carson Crothers, an engineer from Wallaceburg, Ontario, was born on 19 December 1893. He attested into the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 18th Battalion. He was killed in action, aged 24, on 2 November 1917, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. His brother Albert served with the United States Army during the Great War.

Sold together with a United States of America Allied Victory Medal 1918, mounted for wear, and two silver Wallaceburg tribute medals in cases of issue (C. J. Crothers; C. Crothers); with copied research.