Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Canadian Memorial Cross awarded in remembrance of Private T. Gibbons, 10th (Canadians) Battalion, who was killed in action on Vimy Ridge on 8 April 1917

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘220388 Pte. T. Gibbons’, extremely fine £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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Thomas Gibbons was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, on 21 February 1893. A Labourer by occupation, he enlisted into the 80th Battalion at Ottawa in July 1916, but was serving with the 10th (Canadians) Battalion when he was killed in action the day before the attack on Vimy Ridge, on 8 April 1917. Buried in the Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, he was the son of John and Ellen Gibbons of Liverpool; sold with copied service and other papers.