Auction Catalogue

15 February 2023

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№ 267 x

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15 February 2023

Hammer Price:
£950

Pair: Corporal H. Tremblay, 22nd Battalion (French Canadian), Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action during the Battle of Amiens, 11 August 1918

British War and Victory Medals (449094 Cpl. H. Tremblay. 22-Can. Infy.); Memorial Plaque (Henri Tremblay) in card envelope of issue, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, with remnants of adhesive to reverse of plaque; Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (449094 Cpl. H. Tremblay.) last lacking suspension ring, with small damaged portrait photograph of recipient in uniform, generally very fine or better unless otherwise stated (lot) £140-£180

Henri Tremblay was born in Notre Dame, Hull, Quebec, Canada in November 1886. A logger by trade, he served during the Great War with the 22nd Battalion (French Canadian), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. Corporal Tremblay was killed in action during the Battle of Amiens, 11 August 1918, and is buried in Vrely Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.