Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Canada (R.Q.M.S. (W.O. Cl. 2.) A. J. Hayhurst M.M. B.C. Dns.) nearly very fine £80-£100

M.M. London Gazette 18 November 1918.

Arthur John Hayhurst was born in Yorkshire in August 1894. He served with the British Columbia Dragoons and the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles. Hayhurst was wounded in action at Vimy Ridge, 9 April 1917. A Horse Breaker by trade, he died in August 1977, and is buried in the Vernon (Pleasant Valley) Cemetery, British Columbia, Canada.