Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (2) (James A. Waldey; N. M. Kirby) small collector’s number to reverse of both, very fine (2) £70-£90

James Arthur Waldie was born in Dewsbury in 1878 and attested for the Royal Field Artillery. He served as a Gunner with 32nd Brigade HQ during the Great War on the Western Front, and died on 27 January 1917. He is buried in Couin New British Cemetery, France.

Matthew Neal Kirby attested for the Canadian Engineers and died of typhoid on 7 December 1917. He is buried in New York City Woodside Cavalry Cemetery, New York, United States of America.