Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘35886 Sgt./M. J. R. Holland’, good very fine

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘437102 Spr. H. Walker’, good very fine

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘2100907 Gnr. B. A. Monk’, this last with presentation card and case of issue, good very fine (3) £150-200

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

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Sergeant John Ray Holland, of the Royal Air Force, died in December 1918, aged 27 years, and was buried in the Deseronto Cemetery, Ontario. He was the son of Richard and Annie Holland of 1 Cherry Street, Sheffield.

Private Harry Walker, of the 48th (British Columbia) Battalion, was wounded on 14 June 1916, by shrapnel in the face, after originally being reported ‘Missing’. Subsequently, as a Sapper in the Canadian Engineers, he died of pneumonia on 19 January 1919. and was buried in the New Basford Cemetery, Nottingham; sold with copied service papers.

Gunner Bert Alexander Monk, of 3rd Brigade, Canadian Garrison Artillery, late 236th (New Brunswick Kilties) Battalion, died of disease on 30 January 1919. He was buried in the Brussels Town Cemetery. Back in October 1917, he had been listed as a deserter; sold with copied service papers.