Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (Laurence Tolmy Harrison) with Buckingham Palace enclosure, in card envelope; Memorial Scroll ‘Pte. Laurence Tolmy Harrison, Canadian Infantry B’n.’, nearly extremely fine (2) £80-£100

Laurence Tolmy Harrison was born in Southampton, Ontario, on 3 January 1900 and enlisted in the 153rd Battalion in March 1916, when only 16 years old. He proceeded overseas with the 153rd Battalion in April 1917, and went to France with the signallers in 1918, on the headquarters staff of the 18th Battalion, and was advanced Sergeant. He was killed in action on 8 August 1918, and is buried in Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, France.

Sold with the original Great North Western Telegram informing the recipient’s mother of his death; and newspaper cutting obituary, containing a photograph of the recipient.