Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family group:

The 1914-15 Star and Memorial Plaque awarded to Sapper J. Pow, 1st Field Company, Canadian Engineers, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 3 August 1916
1914-15 Star (5170 Spr: J. Pow. Can: Eng:); Memorial Plaque (John Pow) good very fine

Pair: Sapper T. Pow, Canadian Engineers, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 28 April 1917
British War and Victory Medals (428776 Spr. T. Pow. C.E.) good very fine (4) £100-£140

John Pow was born in Fala, Midlothian, Scotland in January 1882. He served during the Great War with the 1st Field Company, Canadian Engineers on Western Front. Sapper Pow was killed in action, 3 August 1916, when he was in charge of a large infantry working party engaged in the construction of a new trench in the support line, North East of Reninghelst, and was hit in the back of the head by a piece of shell and instantly killed. Sapper Pow is buried in the Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Reninghelst, Belgium.

Thomas Pow was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in March 1886, and was the younger brother of the above. He served during the Great War with the Divisional Engineers, Canadian Engineers. Sapper Pow was killed in action on the Western Front working east of Vimy near Arleux-en-Gohelle, 28 April 1917, and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.