A Collection of Medals to the Canadian Expeditonary Force 1914-1918

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A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Acting Major E. J. Lovelace, Canadian Field Artillery
Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Capt. E. J. Lovelace, 2/Can. Div. A.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (A. Major E. J. Lovelace), very fine and better

A Great War and Second World War campaign group of seven awarded to Acting Squadron Leader S. E. Lovelace, Royal Canadian Air Force, late Canadian Field Artillery
1914-15 Star (Lieut. S. E. Lovelace, Can. Fd. Art.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. S. E. Lovelace); Defence Medal 1939-45, silver; Canadian Voluntary Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, silver; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., Canada (C. 8256 S./L. S. E. Lovelace), good very fine (11) £700-900

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Canadian Expeditonary Force 1914-1918.

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M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1919.

Edwin John Lovelace, who was born in Essex, Ontario, in November 1866, was a pre-war member of the Canadian Militia, having served in the 7th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery, in the rank of Lieutenant, up until that unit’s disbandment in 1911.

Joining the the Canadian Expeditionary Force in November 1914, he was posted to No. 2 Canadian Divisional Ammunition Column out in France in September 1915, where he won a “mention” for the Vimy Ridge operations (London Gazette 1 June 1917 refers). But it was after transferring to No. 4 Canadian Divisional Ammunition Column in late 1917, in the acting rank of Major, that he won his M.C. and another mention in despatches (London Gazette 28 May 1918 refers). Lovelace was discharged as unfit for further duty in Toronto in February 1919; sold with copied service record.

Stanley Edwin Lovelace, who was born in Essex, Ontario, in January 1893, the son of Edwin John Lovelace, was a pre-war member of the Canadian Militia, having attended the Royal Military College of Canada 1910-13 and been commissioned in the 9th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery.

Joining the Canadian Expeditionary Force in September 1914, he was posted to 3rd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, out in France in March 1915, where he was badly wounded by shrapnel in his left arm on 5 May and subsequently evacuated to Osborne House on the Isle of Wight.

Returning to duty in France in August 1915, he was advanced to the temporary rank of Captain in March 1916, but was transferred to 209th Battalion, C.E.F., that October, and does not appear to have seen further active service.

In September 1940, however, he returned to uniform on being commissioned in the Royal Canadian Air Force, and, having served in Canada, Newfoundland and England, including an appointment at Tangmere from January to May 1944, attained the acting rank of Squadron Leader; sold with copied service records.