British War Medal 1914-20 (Lt. Col. W. J. O. Malloch.) very fine £60-£80

William John Ogilvie Malloch was born in Clinton, Ontario, Canada in August 1873. He resided at 62 Lynwood Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, and was a Surgeon by profession. Malloch served at No. 4 Canadian General Hospital, Canadian Army Medical Corps. Colonel Malloch died of illness, 18 February 1919, and is buried in Toronto (Mount Pleasant) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada as well as being commemorated in the University of Toronto Roll of Honour Book. The latter gives the following:

‘In the spring of 1915 he was appointed to No. 4 University of Toronto, General Hospital. He reached Salonica with this unit in November 1915, and served with it throughout till he returned to England in 1917. For a short period he was in charge of surgery at No. 16 Ontario, General Hospital in Orpington, and then rejoined the University Hospital at Basingstoke. He arrived in Canada on February 5th, 1919, and was almost immediately taken ill with pneumonia, to which he succumbed some days later. Buried in Toronto. In April 1919 his name was among those Mentioned for Valuable Services.’