Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.VI.R. (G.53485 Tpr. R. H. Stiles) very fine £100-£140

Rex Howard Stiles was born in Stilesville, New Brunswick in August 1923. He attested for the Canadian Army in December 1941, and served with the 7th (Reserve) Reconnaissance Regiment (17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars), Canadian Armoured Corps in France during the Second World War. Trooper Stiles died on active service, 13 July 1944, and is buried in the Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers, Calvados, France.