Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘Lieut. N. G. Knight’, very fine

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘706077 Prov./Sgt. B. C. Tapley’, this with part officially re-engraved naming, very fine

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘1036145 Pte. L. La Fortune’, very fine (3) £140-180

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

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Lieutenant Norman Godwin Knight, of the Fort Garry Horse, died of disease on 5 July 1917, aged 18 years, and was buried in Hampstead Cemetery, London; sold with copied service papers.

Sergeant Bernard Tapley, of the 103rd Battalion, died of sarcoma at the Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, B.C. on 28 October 1916, aged 21 years; sold with copied service papers.

Private Lorenzo La Fortune, of the Canadian Forestry Corps, died of cerebro-spinal meningitis on 13 September 1917, aged 34 years, and was buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey; sold with copied service papers.