A Canadian Memorial Cross awarded in remembrance of Private J. W. Moore, 47th (Western Ontario) Battalion, who was killed in action on 9 February 1917

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘463933 Pte. J. W. Moore’, very fine £80-100

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

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James Wright Moore was born in Yorkshire on 14 May 1884. A Miner by occupation, he enlisted into the 67th Battalion in Vernon, B.C., on in August 1915, but was serving in the 47th Battalion when killed in action on 9 February 1917. He was buried in the Villers Station Cemetery, Villers-au-Bois; sold with copied service papers.