Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private A. E. Rowell, 43rd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders of Canada, who was killed in action near Vis-en-Artois in August 1918

British War and Victory Medals (693292 Pte. A. E. Rowell. 43-Can. Inf.) together with Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (693292 Pte. A. E. Rowell) extremely fine (3) £140-£180

Albert Edward Rowell was born at Doddington, Cambridgeshire, on 31 December 1896, and attested for the 43rd Infantry Battalion, Cameron Highlanders of Canada, at Saskatoon on 18 December 1916. He was killed in action by an enemy shell whilst his battalion was taking up new positions in the vicinity of Vis-en-Artois on the night of 27 August 1918. He is buried in Vis-en-Artois British cemetery, Haucourt, 8 miles south-east of Arras.

Sold with original Memorial Scroll (Pte. Albert Edward Rowell, Canadian Infantry Bn.); card identity disc and various related badges; two studio portrait photographs; another group photograph and one of his temporary wooden grave marker; a letter home to his siblings dated just six days before he was killed; and various official correspondence concerning his death and burial.