Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Captain C. E. Laing, 4th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, who was Mentioned in Despatches
British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. C. E. Laing.) good very fine

Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lieut J. D. Dempsey.) very fine (3) £100-£140

M.I.D. London Gazette 31 December 1918: Laing, Qrmr. & Hon. Capt. C.E., 4th Battalion, 1st Central Ontario Regiment.

James Daniel Dempsey was commissioned into the Canadian Forces and served with the 58th Battalion, Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front. He was mortally wounded on Vimy Ridge on 12 April 1917; captured and taken prisoner of War, he died in captivity two days later on 14 April 1917. He is buried in Douai Communal Cemetery, France.