A Fine Collection of Awards to the Canadian Forces

A Canadian Memorial Cross awarded in remembrance of Sergeant W. Proven, 31st (Alberta) Battalion, who died of on 7 March 1917 - some six months after receiving multiple wounds on the Somme

Canadian Memorial Cross , G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘79124 Sgt. W. Proven’, good very fine £100-150

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

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William Proven was born in Galashiels, Scotland, on 13 January 1889. A Carpenter by occupation, and a former member of the Calgary Rifles (Militia), he enlisted in the 31st Battalion at Calgary in November 1914. Serving in France, he was wounded on 28 September 1916 at the battle of Thiepval Ridge - suffering a shrapnel wound to the head and large wound to the left thigh. Invalided to England, Sergeant Proven succumbed to his wounds on 7 March 1917. He was buried in St. Andrew’s and Jesmond Cemetery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; sold with copied service and other papers.