Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Armourer Sergeant R. F. Laughy, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Canadian Voluntary Service Medal 1939-45; War Medal 1939-45, silver, in their card boxes of issue, together with his Canadian Memorial Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘M. 67647 A./Sgt. R. F. Laughy’, ring suspension, in case of issue, extremely fine (3) £50-70

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

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Roy Francis Laughy died under anaesthetic whilst undergoing a dental operation at Medicine Hat, Alberta, on 22 August 1945, aged 34 years. Buried in the Medicine Hat (Hillside) Cemetery, he was the son of William and Mary Laughy, of Wanhan, and the husband of Alice M. Laughy, of Redcliff; sold with copied service papers.