Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Private A. Denbigh, 29th (British Columbia) Battalion, Canadian Infantry, who was wounded at the Battle of the Somme on 29 September 1916

Military Medal, G.V.R. (464049 Pte. A. Denbigh 29/Br: Col: R.) edge bruising, polished, nearly very fine £300-£400

M.M. London Gazette 1 July 1919.

Adriel Denbigh was born in Burnley, Lancashire, on 29 September 1881, and served for three years in the East Lancashire Regiment. Emigrating to Canada, he attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Vernon, British Columbia, on 26 August 1915, and served with the 29th (British Columbia) Battalion, Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 May 1916. He was wounded by gun shot to the right thigh during the battle of the Somme on 29 September 1916, his 35th birthday, and spent the remainder of the War in various hospitals in the U.K., being awarded a Silver War Badge. Returning to Canada following the cessation of hostilities, he was discharged at Vancouver, British Columbia, on 6 April 1919, and died in Vancouver on 22 October 1940.

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