Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private A. G. Warnes, 28th Battalion (Northwest), Canadian Infantry

Military Medal, G.V.R. (907516 Pte A. G. Warnes. 28/Sask: R.); British War and Victory Medals (907516 Pte. A. G. Warnes. 28-Can. Inf.) all lacking suspension, and therefore planchet only, attempt to obliterate naming on VM, otherwise very fine (3) £100-£140

M.M. London Gazette 19 November 1918.

Alfred George Warnes was born in Leeds, Yorkshire in April 1884. He resided as a Carpenter in Craik, Saskatchewan. Warnes initially served during the Great War with the 195th Battalion (City of Regina), Canadian Infantry, before transferring for service with the 28th Battalion (Northwest). He received a gun shot wound to the head and right hand on the Western Front, 20 April 1917.