Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Canadian Memorial Cross and Memorial Plaque awarded in remembrance of Gunner J. Steele, Canadian Field Artillery, who was killed in action on 18 June 1916

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘303683 Gnr. J. Steele’, together with the recipient’s Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (John Steele), in its card envelope bearing label, ‘Mrs. Catherine W. Steele, 16 Dickson St., Leith, Scotland’, extremely fine (2) £120-160

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

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John Steele was born in North Berwick, Scotland, in 1884. A miner by occupation, he attested for service in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force in March 1916 and was serving as a Gunner with the 1st Division Ammunition Column, Canadian Field Artillery, when he was killed in action on 28 June 1916. He was buried in the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium; sold with copied service papers.