A Fine Collection of Awards to the Canadian Forces

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘Lieut. N. G. Knight’, very fine

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘706077 Prov./Sgt. B. C. Tapley’, this with part officially re-engraved naming, very fine

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘1036145 Pte. L. La Fortune’, very fine (3) £140-180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Awards to the Canadian Forces.

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Lieutenant Norman Godwin Knight, of the Fort Garry Horse, died of disease on 5 July 1917, aged 18 years, and was buried in Hampstead Cemetery, London; sold with copied service papers.

Sergeant Bernard Tapley, of the 103rd Battalion, died of sarcoma at the Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, B.C. on 28 October 1916, aged 21 years; sold with copied service papers.

Private Lorenzo La Fortune, of the Canadian Forestry Corps, died of cerebro-spinal meningitis on 13 September 1917, aged 34 years, and was buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey; sold with copied service papers.