Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lance-Corporal J. Uprichard, M.M., 8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, who was wounded by gun shot on 12 August 1918

British War and Victory Medals (507 L.Cpl. J. Uprichard. 8-Can. Inf.) very fine (2) £70-£90

M.M. London Gazette 13 March 1919.

John Uprichard, a steamfitter from Winnipeg, Manitoba, was born in Belfast, Ireland, on 27 December 1893 and attested for Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 23 September 1914. He served with the 8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 April 1915, and was appointed lance corporal on 15 October 1917. He was wounded by gun shot to the neck on 12 August 1918, and was invalided to England. For his services during the Great War he was awarded the Military Medal. He was discharged in Winnipeg on 24 February 1919.

Sold with copied service papers.