A Canadian Memorial Cross awarded in remembrance of Lance-Sergeant H. Parkes, 2nd (Eastern Ontario Regiment) Battalion, who was killed in action at the battle of Regina Trench on the Somme on 7 October 1916

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘81688 L./Sgt. H. Parkes’, good very fine £100-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Awards to the Canadian Forces.

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Harry Parkes was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, on 1 July 1890. A Mechanic by occupation, and a former member of the 6th (Volunteer) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, he enlisted in the 32nd Battalion at Winnipeg in December 1914. Subsequently transferred to the 2nd (Eastern Ontario) Battalion, he was killed in action on 7 October 1916, during the battle of Regina Trench. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial; sold with copied service papers.