Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (Charles James Sayre Mersereau) very fine £60-£80

Charles James Sayre Mesereau was born in Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada in November 1895. He was employed as a photographer in the family photography business based in Chatham. Mesereau served during the Great War as a Lieutenant with the 26th Battalion (New Brunswick), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. Lieutenant Mesereau was killed in action whilst taking part in the attack from North East of Cachy to South of Guillaucourt, 8 August 1918. He was hit in the lung and killed by an enemy machine gun bullet, and is buried in the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Somme, France.