Auction Catalogue

5 April 2006

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 565

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5 April 2006

Hammer Price:
£75

British War Medal 1914-20 (135313 Pte. W. Taylor, 74-Can. Inf.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (190372 Pte. R. P. Stevens, 87-Can. Inf.) good very fine and better (2) £40-60

135313 Private Walter Taylor, 74th Battalion Canadian Infantry, died on 7 March 1917, aged 41 years and was buried in the Toronto (Prospect) Cemetery, Ontario.

190372 Private Richard Paynter Stevens, 87th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment), was killed in action on 14 August 1917, aged 29 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. He was the son of Henry and Mary Ann Stevens of Trenwith Place, St. Ives, Cornwall.