Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (629373 Spr. R. Baillie) good very fine £50-£70

Robert Baillie was born in Nairn, Scotland in August 1882. He was the son of Mrs E. Baillie of 3377 Turner Street, Vancouver, British Columbia. Baillie served during the Great War with the 47th Battalion (British Columbia), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. He subsequently transferred to the 1st Pioneer Battalion, Canadian Engineers, and then finally to the 9th Railway Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops. Sapper Baillie died 19 May 1930, and is buried in the New Masonic Cemetery, Burnaby, British Columbia.