Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private W. G. Hardie, 29th (Vancouver) Battalion, Canadian Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (629006 Pte. W. G. Hardie. 29-Can. Infy.) very fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (5) (310229 C. O. Goodison. Sto. 1. R.N.; 628601 Pte. P. Bridge. C.M.G. Bde; 226566 Pte. H. Fisher. C.L..H.; 258263 Pte. F. W. Welbourn. 1-C.M.R.; 102134 Pte. F. Rasmussen 67th Can Pnr. Bn.) last officially renamed, generally very fine (7) £90-£120

William Ewart Gladstone Hardie was born in Barnaire Tennessee U.S.A. in June 1889. He was a Sailor prior to the Great War, and his mother resided in Lethbridge, Alberta. Hardie served with the 29th (Vancouver) Battalion, Canadian Infantry during the Great War.

Harry Fisher was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada in March 1897. He served during the Great War with the Canadian Light Horse attached to the Eaton Machine Gun Battery. Private Fisher was killed in action by enemy shelling near Lens, France, 5 August 1917, and is buried in Villers Station Cemetery, Villers-Au-Bois, France.

Frederick Rasmussen was born in Denmark in March 1881, and his next of kin was listed as Mrs Clay Hansen, Mollestreet, Skjelskor, Denmark. He served during the Great War with the 67th Pioneer Battalion, Canadian Engineers in the UK.