Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Captain H. B. Evel, 36th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. B. Evel.) nearly extremely fine

Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (Hon. Capt. H. J. Thorpe.; Lieut. H. B. Daw.) suspension slightly loose on latter, good very fine (4) £70-£90

Harvey Buchanan Evel was born on 10 February 1882 and was was commissioned Lieutenant in the 91st Regiment on 4 May 1905, having previously served in the ranks. Promoted Captain on 1 April 1913, he served with the 19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 February 1916, and suffered a fracture of the left ankle when falling over a repaired culvert in France on 5 April 1916. Hospitalised to England, and then returning to Canada, he relinquished his commission, being surplus to requirements, on 15 September 1917.

Henry James Thorpe attested for the 8th Battery, 3rd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery as a Gunner on 25 September 1914, and served with the C.F.A. during the Great War on the Western Front, suffering a gun shot wound to his right foot on the Western Front in April 1915. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant, General List, on 25 June 1918, and was advanced Honorary Captain.

Herbert Bethune Daw was born in North Gower, Ontario, on 28 June 1887 and attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Niagara Camp on 23 June 1915, having previously served in the Militia. He served with the 58th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 February 1916, and was killed in action on 26 April 1916 - that night he had been in charge of a working part and in order to let some of his men pass he stood up on the firing set and was shot through the head and killed. He is buried in Perth Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium.

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