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14 February 2024

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№ 437 x

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14 February 2024

Hammer Price:
£220

Pair: Acting Corporal J. A. Mack, 3rd Canadian Infantry Battalion (Central Ontario Regiment), who was killed in action in March 1917

British War and Victory Medals (139630 A. Cpl. J. A. Mack. 3-Can. Inf.) together with Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (139630 Pte. J. A. L. Mack) nearly very fine (3) £100-£140

James Alexander Leitch McCraw was born at Edinburgh, Scotland, on 4 March 1889. He attested at Toronto on 22 July 1915, and served in the alias name of ‘Mack’. He was killed in action on 29 March 1917, and is buried in Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St-Eloi.

Sold with 3rd Toronto Regiment cap badge and two brass ‘Canada’ shoulder titles, together with copied research which confirms name change.