Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Staff Sergeant E. R. Maclellan, 1st Wireless Section, Canadian Engineers, who died of wounds on the Western Front, 27 July 1917

1914-15 Star (428579 Pte E. R. Maclellan); British War Medal 1914-20 (428579 S. Sjt. E. R. Maclellan. 7-Can. Inf.); Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (428579 S. Sgt. E. R. Maclellan) last in damaged case of issue, good very fine (3) £80-£120

Edwin Raymond Maclellan was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada in July 1891. He initially served during the Great War with the 47th Battalion (British Columbia), Canadian Infantry, before transferring to the 1st Wireless Section, Canadian Engineers. Maclellan advanced to Staff Sergeant and died of wounds, 27 July 1917, while on duty, proceeding to a Wireless Telegraph Station in the forward area near Lens, he was severely wounded in the chest, and left thigh, by splinters from an enemy shell that exploded near him. After receiving first aid, he was taken to No. 7 Casualty Clearing Station where he died the same day.

Staff Sergeant Maclellan is buried in the Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery, France.