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15 February 2023

Hammer Price:
£70

Pair: Lance-Corporal G. J. McCaw, 47th Canadian Infantry, who was wounded on the Western Front

British War and Victory Medals (651849 L.Cpl. G. J. Mc Caw. 47-Can. Inf.) in slightly damaged named card box of issue, extremely fine (2) £70-£90

George James McCaw was born in North Brant, Ontario, on 6 June 1893 and attested for the 160th Battalion, Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Walkerton, Ontario, on 2 March 1916. He served with the 47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front, and ‘was wounded at Boulogne Wood’ (newspaper cutting with lot refers). He died on Christmas Day 1965.

Sold with the recipient’s original parchment Discharge Certificate; Dispersal Certificate; two Pay Books; and various photographs, newspaper cuttings, and other ephemera.