Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private J. H. Sargent, 10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 2 September 1918

British War and Victory Medals (252869 Pte. J. H. Sargent. 10-Can. Inf.); Memorial Plaque (John Herbert Sargent); Memorial Scroll ‘Pte. John Herbert Sargent, Canadian Infantry Bn.’, Scroll sometime mounted on card, otherwise nearly extremely fine (4) £120-£160

John Herbert Sargent was born in Tavistock, Devon, on 14 July 1881 and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Eastend, Saskatchewan, on 26 April 1916. he served with the 10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front; was wounded on 19 June 1917; and was killed in action on 2 September 1918 - the official report on his death states:
‘Whilst acting as a runner during an attack from Cherisy to West of Cagnicourt between 3 and 4 o’clock on he afternoon of 2 September 1918, he received orders to rejoin his officer on the opposite flank of the platoon. He was last seen by a comrade making in that direction and later his body was picked up.’

Sargent is buried in Upton Wood Cemetery, France.

Sold with a portrait of the recipient, mounted on card; and copied research.