Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

1914-15 Star (428722 Pte F. Whicher. 7/Can: Inf:); British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (628107 Pte. J. W. Searl. 47-Can. Inf.; 628250 Pte. H. Baker. 47-Can. Inf.; 428254 Cpl. A. Scatterty. 7-Can. Inf.); and Victory Medal 1914-19 (3) (651953 Pte. C. D. Prosser. 47-Can. Inf.; 790156 Pte. W. Ross. 47-Can. Inf.; 654647 A. Sjt. R. Redfern. 47-Can. Inf.) generally very fine or better (7) £90-£120

Walter Owen Gait served under the alias of ‘W. O. Ross’. He was born in Peel, on the Isle of Man in January 1886. Gait resided in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. He served during the Great War with the 47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. Private Gait was killed in action during the attack south west of Lens, 22 August 1917. He is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, France.

Robert Redfern was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire in October 1882. He emigrated to Canada, and resided in Goderich, Ontario. Redfern served during the Great War with the 47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. Sergeant Redfern was killed in action, 28 September 1918, when according to the CEF Burial Registers - ‘Killed in Action. While in charge of a section, and leading his men forward to the attack on the Village of RAILLENCOURT, he was instantly killed by enemy machine gun fire.’

Sergeant Redfern is buried in the Raillencourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.