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15 February 2023

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№ 270 x

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15 February 2023

Hammer Price:
£70

Pair: Sergeant D. M. Constable, M.M., Canadian Machine Gun Brigade, who was wounded by gun shot on 27 October 1917

British War and Victory Medals (427430 Sjt. D. M. Constable. C.M.G. Bde.) very fine (2) £80-£100

M.M. London Gazette 13 March 1919.

David McFarlane Constable, a farmer from Weyburn, Saskatchewan, was born in Forfarshire, Scotland, on 15 January 1890. He attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 16 July 1915 and was posted to the 46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Transferring to the 10th Brigade, Machine Gun Company on 1 June 1916, he served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 August 1916. He was wounded by gun shot to his left arm on 27 October 1917, and for his services during the Great War was awarded the Military Medal. He was demobilised in Canada on 6 July 1919.

Sold with copied service papers.