A Fine Collection of Awards to the Canadian Forces

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘62235 Pte. O. Gervais’, good very fine

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘6854 Pte. J. D. Stewart’, good very fine

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘784245 Pte. W. Hoskins’, good very fine (3) £150-200

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

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Private Charles Gervais, of the 22nd (French Canadian) Battalion, was wounded in action at Messines on 30 November 1915 and again at Courcellette on 16 September 1916, died on 19 August 1921, aged 21 years, and was buried in the Montreal (Notre Dame des Neiges) Cemetery; sold with copied service papers.

Private James Downing Stewart, of the 1st (Ontario Regiment) Battalion, enlisted in September 1914 and was present in the first actions of the First Canadian Contingent but developed heart problems resulting in his discharge in November 1915. He died in the early 1920s; sold with copied service papers.

Private William Hoskins (or Hosking), of the 8th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, late 129th (Wentworth) Battalion Infantry, died of T.B. in March 1922; sold with copied service papers.