Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Seven: Captain T. H. Johnson, Canadian Corps of Military Staff Clerks, late Lincolnshire Regiment, 7th Hussars, 8th Hussars, and Lord Strathcona’s Horse, who was taken Prisoner of War in March 1918

1914-15 Star (24257 Pte. H. Johnson. 7th Hrs); British War and Victory Medals (24257 Pte. H. Johnson. 8-Hrs.); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, without clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, these both privately engraved ‘Capt. T. H. Johnson’; Permanent Forces of the Empire L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (Q.M.S. (W.O. II) T. H. Johnson C.M.S.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (W.O. Cl. II (QMS) T. H. Johnson CMSC) the Great War awards very fine, the rest better (7) £600-£800

Thomas Henry ‘Harry’ Johnson was born at Emo, Port Arlington, Ireland in 1885 and served in the 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment from 1904 to 1907. Following the outbreak of the Great War he joined the Corps of Hussars, and served initially with the 8th Hussars on the Western Front from 17 October 1915, before transferring to the 7th Hussars, and was captured and taken prisoner of war on 22 March 1918, on the second day of the German Spring Offensive, being held at Munster P.O.W. Camp, Germany.

Following the Great War Johnson emigrated to Canada joining ‘A’ Squadron Lord Strathcona’s Horse in 1921, and the Corps of Military Staff Clerks in 1922. During the Second World War he was commissioned Lieutenant, C.M.S.C, on 1 June 1942, and Captain on 1 June 1943. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal per General Order 348 of 1945. He was placed on the retired list as medically unfit, on 12 February 1945, and discharged from the C.M.S.C., Lord Strathcona’s Horse, with the rank of Captain. He died at Victoria, British Columbia, on 30 January 1967.

Sold with a portrait photograph of the recipient, and extensive paperwork, ephemera, and copied research.