Pair: Corporal F. H. Blades, 49th (Edmonton Regiment) Battalion, Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action at the battle of Arras on 28 August 1918

British War and Victory Medals (231311 Cpl. F. H. Blades, 49-Can. Inf.), together with his identity disc, inscribed ‘F. H. Blades, 231311, 49th Canadians’, extremely fine (3) £80-100

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

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Frank Herbert James was born in Milerton, Alberta, on 26 October 1898. A Farmer by occupation, he enlisted in the 202nd Battalion at Stoney Plain, Alberta, in March 1916, and went out to France in November 1917, as a member of the 49th Battalion. Killed in action during the Battle of Arras on 28 August 1918, aged 19 years, he was buried in the Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Harcourt. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Fetherston Blades, of Leduc, Alberta; sold with copied service papers.