Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Staff Sergeant G. A. Renton, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, late 78th Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers), Canadian Infantry, who was gassed and received a shrapnel wound during the Great War

British War 1914-20 (147900. A.C.S. Mjr. G. A. Renton. 78-Can. Inf.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (721147 Pte. A. Sinclair. 16-Inf. Can [sic]); Jubilee 1935; Royal Canadian Mounted Police Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Renton. G. A.) mounted as worn, toned very fine (lot) £600-£800

George Allan Renton was born in Leith, Scotland in November 1892, and attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery at Dundee in July 1910. He served during the Great War with the 78th Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front (received a shrapnel wound to the left shoulder, 30 September 1918, and was gassed, 23 July 1918). Renton was a Master Mason at the St. Michael, Leuchars and Tayport Lodge, and was appointed Mark Master in May 1919. He joined the Manitoba Provincial Police in 1920, and served with them with his brother W. G. Renton (who had already served with the Fifeshire Police in Scotland). Renton transferred to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as Staff Sergeant in 1932 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in August 1941). He was posted as the Senior NCO on detective duties at the Winnipeg Detective Branch in 1937. At the outbreak of the Second World War Renton was appointed to the command of the Intelligence Branch, D Division, and was ‘Invalided to Pension’ in May 1945.

Sold together with the following related items and documents: Silver War Badge, reverse numbered ‘C6141’; Open Face Pocket Watch Case, by Longines, in gold and glazed, reverse engraved ‘Presented to S/Sgt G. A. Renton By Officers, N.C.O.’s & Men “D” Div. R.C.M.P. On His Retirement 31st May 1945’; Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cap Badge, Collar Badge, pair of buttons and RCMP Collar Title; Manitoba Provincial Police Cap Badge; Manitoba Provincial Police Shield; 100th Regiment, Winnipeg Grenadiers Prize Medallet, reverse engraved ‘Section Prize H.C.O. 100th Regt. W.G. 1913’; a Fifeshire Police uniform button converted into a locket containing two photographs of young men in uniform; named Buckingham Palace Enclosure for Jubilee Medal; Soldier’s Small Book; Canadian Expeditionary Force Discharge Certificate; Royal Canadian Mounted Police Force Discharge Certificate; Manitoba Provincial Police Discharge Certificate; Letter of Appreciation from Commissioner of Manitoba Provincial Police, dated 23 March 1932; 2 Postcards addressed to recipient’s parents in Tayport, Fife, Scotland shortly after the Great War; Various Education Certificates; Masonic Certificate; photographs of recipient in uniform and a number of photographic images and other ephemera.