Auction Catalogue

6 December 2006

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 872

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6 December 2006

Hammer Price:
£320

Three: Private A. D. Day, 28th Canadian Infantry, killed in action, 7 April 1916

British War and Victory Medals (426040 Pte., 28-Can. Inf.); Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (426040 Pte.); together with Memorial Plaque (Allen Duncan Day), with a screw and bolt fitting on reverse, extremely fine (4) £160-200

Private Allen Duncan Day, 28th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment), a native of Bow Brickhill, Buckinghamshire, was killed in action, France/Flanders, on 7 April 1916, aged 23 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Voormezeele Enclosure No.3 in Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. He was the son of Charles Armstrong and Elizabeth Emily Day of Kimpton Hall, Kimpton, Welwyn, Hertfordshire.