Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Gunner D. L. C. Duncan, Canadian Field Artillery
1914-15 Star (41284 Gnr: D. L. C. Duncan. Can: Fd: Art:); British War and Victory Medals (41284 D. L.C. Duncan. C.F.A.) mounted for wear, very fine

Three: Acting Bombadier J. J. Kee, Canadian Field Artillery
British War and Victory Medals (7796 A. Bmbr. J. J. Kee. C.F.A.); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, unnamed as issued, some verdigris on VM, very fine

Family Group:

Pair: Corporal W. H. Gaines, 1st Battalion, Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action at the Battle of Givenchy on 15 June 1915
1914-15 Star (7000 Pte. W. H. Gaines. 1/Can: Inf.); Victory Medal (7000 Cpl. W. H. Gaines. 1-Can. Inf.) very fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (3314556 Pte. E. B. Gaines C.O.R.) very fine (9) £120-£160

David Low Cromby Duncan was born in Aberdeen, Scotland on 22 July 1887. He attested into the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 28 September 1914 and served on the Western Front with the Canadian Field Artillery. He was wounded by both gas and shrapnel during the Battle of Ypres, and later returned to Canada after breaking his leg in an accident.

John James Kee was born in Streetsville, Ontario on 15 October 1894. He attested into the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 5 February 1915 and served on the Western Front with the Canadian Field Artillery; he was wounded by a gun shot to his side and leg in September 1918, and appointed Acting Bombardier the following month. He was discharged in Canada on 30 May 1915.

William Henry Gaines, a machinist from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, was born in England in 1892. He attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force, for service during the Great War, and served on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. He was killed in action on 15 June 1915, and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, France.

Sold with copy service records and local newspaper clippings.