British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. C. N. Wilde) good very fine £40-60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bill and Angela Strong Medal Collection.

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Charles Noel Wilde was born in Bingham, Nottinghamshire on 25 December 1879. A Railway Manager of Construction and a member of the 72nd Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. Commissioned at Vancouver on 5 August 1916. Serving as a Lieutenant in the Canadian Field Artillery in France from 1 April 1918, he was wounded in action on 8 August 1918 - suffering a gunshot/shrapnel wound to the right thigh. He was invalided to England where small pieces of shrapnel were removed. With a quantity of copied service papers.