Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family group:

Three: Second Lieuntenant J. B. Fraser [M.C.], 1st Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment, late Ayrshire Yeomanry
1914-15 Star (1822 Pte. J. B. Fraser. Ayr. Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. J. B. Fraser.) good very fine

Pair: Quarter Master Sergeant R. W. Fraser, 170th (Mississauga Horse) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force
British War and Victory Medals (681066 W.O. Cl. 2 R. W. Fraser C.R.T.) good very fine (5) £200-£300

M.C. London Gazette 3 June 1919.

John Baird Fraser initially served during the Great War with the Ayrshire Yeomanry in Gallipoli from 11 October 1915. He transferred to the Royal Scots Fusiliers prior to being commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment, 30 July 1917. Fraser served with the latter on the Western Front. He resided at Lovat Ranch, Pleasant Valley Road, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada.

M.I.D. London Gazette 8 July 1919.

Robert Wylie Fraser was born in Ardossan, Ayrshire, Scotland in September 1879. He served in the ranks of the Imperial Yeomany during the Second Boer War (entitled to Q.S.A. with ‘Cape Colony’, ‘Orange Free State’, Transvaal’ and ‘South Africa 1901’ clasps), prior to moving to Canada, where he was employed as a Book Keeper. Fraser enlisted for the 170th (Mississauga Horse) Battalion, C.E.F., as in January 1916, and advanced to Quarter Master Sergeant (entitled to Silver War Badge). He died in Vancouver, British Columbia in October 1943.