Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private J. A. McLaren, Seaforth Highlanders
British War and Victory Medals (S-28414 Pte. J. A. McLaren. Seaforth.) contact marks, very fine

Pair: Private F. Chilcott, Machine Gun Corps
British War and Victory Medals (52449 Pte. F. Chilcott. M.G.C.) stain and edge digs to VM, with replacement ring, otherwise nearly very fine

Pair: Lance-Corporal T. G. Binning, Canadian Machine Gun Corps
British War and Victory Medals (550274 L. Cpl. T. G. Binning. C.M.G. Bde.), sold together with three named cross country medallions, very fine

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (A122 Pte. J. Channon.) on silver chain, very fine (7) £140-£180

Thomas George Binning, a mechanic from Cheddar, Somerset, was born on 6 January 1888. He attested into the North Somerset Yeomanry and served for three years before emigrating to Detroit, U.S.A. He attested into the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 29 June 1916 for service during the Great War, and served on the Western Front with the Canadian Machine Gun Corps from September 1918. He was demobilised in Toronto, Canada, on 31 May 1919.

John William Channon was born in Highbridge, Somerset, on 11 November 1892. He attested into the Canadian Expeditionary Force for service during the Great War, and was killed in action whist serving with the 1st Battalion on 29 June 1916. He is buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France, and is also commemorated on the West Huntspill, Somerset, Memorial.