Medals from the Collection of Brigadier Brian Parritt, C.B.E.

British War Medal 1914-20 (28703 A. Sjt. E. A. Wilkinson, 16-Can. Inf.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (1390 A.L. Cpl. F. D. Pollard, C.A.M.C.) extremely fine (2) £60-80

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Edward Austin Wilkinson enlisted at Victoria, British Columbia. Serving with the 16th Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment), he was killed in the action in St. Juliens Wood on 22 April 1915. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Private Frederick D. Pollard, Canadian Army Medical Corps, was killed in action on 27 June 1918 when the ship on which he was travelling - the Llandovery Castle - was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. The ship was en-route from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Liverpool, carrying 258 souls, of whom 94 were medical staff of the C.A.M.C. At 21.30 on 27 June, some 114 miles west of Fastnet, the Llandovery Castle, despite being emblazoned with the Red Cross sign, was torpedoed by the German submarine U-86 commanded by Captain Patzig. Lifeboats were got away and with the weather calm there was every expectation that the many survivors would be quickly rescued. However this was not to be, as the submarine surfaced and proceeded to fire at the helpless lifeboats. At dawn the next day, only one boat containing 24 survivors remained afloat. Captain Sylvester of the Llandovery Castle was one of the 24; Private Pollard was one of the 234 who lost their lives. His name is commemorated on the Halifax Memorial. Both medals with copied research.