Five: Sergeant F. L. Younghusband, 8th (90th Regiment) Battalion, Canadian Infantry - “The Little Black Devils”, who was killed in action on 26 September 1916

1914-15 Star (81863 Pte. F. L. Younghusband, 8/Can. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals (81863 Sjt. F. L. Younghusband, 8-Can. Inf.), together with the recipient’s Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘81863 Sgt. F. L. Younghusband’, and his Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (Francis Lloyd Younghusband), and a Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers Tribute Medal 1914-19, bronze, unnamed, with an associated ribbon bearing a gilt star; together with a gilt locket engraved on one side with crossed baseball bats and ball and inscribed on the other, ‘The Haldimand County League, Dunnville Champions 1905’, the interior with a photograph of a lady, medals extremely fine (7) £320-360

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

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Francis Lloyd Younghusband was born in March, Ontario, on 29 July 1892. A Locomotive Fireman by occupation, he enlisted into the 32nd Battalion at Winnipeg in December 1914 and was embarked for England aboard the S.S. Vaderland in February 1915. Transferred to the 8th Battalion (90th Winnipeg Rifles) - “The Little Black Devils” - in France in May 1915, he attained the rank of Sergeant in August 1916, but was killed in action on 26 September of the same year. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial. He was the son of Mrs. Christiana Younghusband, of Carp, Ontario; sold with copied service papers.