Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private T. F. Sparrow, 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish) Canadian Infantry

1914-15 Star (420353 Pte., 16/Can. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals (420353 Pte., 16-can. Inf.) good very fine and better (3) £100-140

Thomas Frank Sparrow was born in Birmingham, England on 11 January 1887. A Farmer by occupation, he enlisted into the 43rd Battalion Canadian Infantry at Winnipeg on 29 December 1914. Posted to England in June 1915 and thence to France in November 1915 where he served with the 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish). Invalided to Canada in December 1918, having suffered from epilepsy. Discharged at Winnipeg, 17 March 1919. With copied service and medical papers.