Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family group:

Three: Private C. Gerard, 1st Battalion (Ontario Regiment), Canadian Infantry, late Canadian Army Medical Corps, who died of wounds on the Western Front, 7 May 1917
1914 Star (34287 Pte C. Gerard, C.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (34287 Pte. C. Gerard. C.A.M.C.); Memorial Plaque (Charles Gerard) with 2 Canada shoulder titles, 2 postcards written by recipient to his niece in 1915, and a newspaper cutting, remnants of adhesive on reverse of plaque, generally good very fine

Three: Private F. P. Gerard, Canadian Army Medical Corps
1914 Star (34288 Pte. F. Gerard. C.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (34288 Pte. F. P. Gerard. C.A.M.C.) with large portrait photograph of recipient in uniform, BWM erased, very fine (7) £380-£460

Charles Gerard was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada in December 1882. He initially served during the Great War with No. 2 Canadian Stationary Hospital, Canadian Army Medical Corps, before transferring to 1st Battalion (Ontario Regiment), Canadian Infantry. Private Gerard died of wounds on the Western Front, 7 May 1917, and is buried in the Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France.

Frank Paul Gerard was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada in March 1893, and was the older brother of the above. He served with No. 2 Canadian Stationary Hospital, Canadian Army Medical Corps during the Great War on the Western Front. Gerard was wounded during the Great War, and was recuperating from his wounds in hospital when his brother died. Frank Gerard died in November 1943, and is buried in the St. Alphonsus Roman Catholic Cemetery, Windsor, Ontario.