The British War Medal awarded to Lance-Corporal E. E. Kivell, M.M., Canadian Light Horse, who was wounded in September 1918

British War Medal 1914-20 (115061 L. Cpl. E. E. Kivell, C.L.H.), nearly very fine £40-60

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

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Evan Edgar Kivell was born in Montgomery, Saskatchewan, on 26 November 1896. A Farmer by occupation, he enlisted in the 10th Canadian Mounted Rifles in December 1914, but was serving in the Canadian Light Horse when awarded the M.M. (London Gazette 13 March 1919 refers), in addition to the Belgian Croix de Guerre. He was wounded by shrapnel in the hip on 4 September 1918; sold with copied service papers.