Three: Sergeant W. M. M. Boyd, Canadian Cyclist Battalion, later Veterans Guard of Canada, who was wounded during the Great War and served as a Disciplinarian at a prisoner of war camp during the Second World War

British War and Victory Medals (1069843 Pte. W. M. M. Boyd. Can. Cyclist Bn.); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp, unnamed as issued, with C.E.F. For Services at the Front lapel badge, reverse numbered ‘397813’, generally very fine (lot) £100-£140

Wallace Matthew McFarlane Boyd was born Sawyerville, Quebec, Canada in June 1894. He attested for overseas service with the C.E.F. in December 1917, and arrived with the 249th Battalion in England in March 1918. Boyd transferred to the Canadian Cyclist Corps the following month and proceeded to serve with them in France. He was wounded in action, 30 September 1918, and returned to Canada in April 1919. Boyd enlisted in the Veterans Guard of Canada at Sherbrooke, Canada in June 1940, advanced to Sergeant and served in British Guiana (Medal and Clasp). His service papers give ‘2nd World War: 68 months service in Canada with the Veterans Guard of Canada. A sergeant since 1941, his service comprises administrative and discipline duties in a Canadian Concentration Camp for German Prisoners.’

Boyd was discharged in 1946, and died in Montreal, Quebec in December 1969.

Sold with copied service papers.