Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private W. Semmens, 3rd (Central Ontario Regiment) Battalion, Canadian Infantry, and Canadian Machine Gun Brigade, who died on the Western Front on 30 September 1918

British War and Victory Medals (2378467 Pte. W. Semmens. C.M.G. Bde.); Memorial Plaque (William Semmens) edge dig to BWM, otherwise very fine (3) £120-£160

William Semmens, a miner from Michigan, U.S.A., was born in St. Just, Cornwall, on 1 February 1892. He attested on 28 November 1917, at Winnipeg, Manitoba, into the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the Canadian Machine Gun Corps Brigade, before transferring into the 3rd (Central Ontario Regiment) Battalion, Canadian Infantry. He died on 30 September 1918 and is buried in Drummond Cemetery, Raillencourt, France.

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