A Fine Collection of Awards to the Canadian Forces

A Canadian Memorial Cross awarded in remembrance of Private D. MacDonald, 7th (1st British Columbia) Battalion, who, having been wounded at Vimy Ridge on 9 April 1917, was killed in action at the battle of Hill 70 on 15 August 1917

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘184078 Pte. D. MacDonald’, in case of issue (lacking interior pad), nearly extremely fine £120-160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Awards to the Canadian Forces.

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Donald MacDonald was born in Argyllshire, Scotland, on 25 October 1891. A Hospital Orderly by occupation, he enlisted into the 89th (Alberta) Battalion at Calgary in December 1915. Subsequently transferred to the 7th (1st British Columbia) Battalion, he was wounded in action at the battle of Vimy Ridge on 9 April 1917 and, having rejoined his unit, was killed in action at the battle of Hill 70 during the Third Battle of Ypres on 15 August 1917. He was buried in the Loos British Cemetery. MacDonald was the son of Mrs. Isa MacDonald, of The Gardens, Drimnin, Oban, Scotland; sold with a copied extract from The Oban Times, 15 September 1917, together with copied service papers.