Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private J. Torrance, 14th Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action on the First Day of the Battle of Vimy Ridge on 9 April 1917

1914-15 Star (457319 Pte. J. Torrance. 14/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (457319 Pte. J. Torrance. 14-Can. Inf.) good very fine (3) £240-£280.

John Torrance was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 18 June 1894 and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force in Montreal. He served with the 14th Battalion (Quebec Regiment), Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Vimy Ridge on 9 April 1917. He is buried in Nine Elms Military Cemetery, France.