Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.VI.R. (G-150 Pte. F. R. James.) very fine £100-£140

Frank Reginald James was the son of Lee and Elmyra James of Harvey Station, York County, New Brunswick, and he resided in the same town with his wife Dora. James served with the North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment, R.C.I.C. during the Second World War, during which the regiment landed on Juno Beach on D-Day. Over the following months the regiment continued to fight in France and on into the Netherlands. Private James was killed in action on 25 October 1944, and is buried in the Adegem Canadian War Cemetery, Belgium.

Sold with the following related items and documents: recipient’s identity disc; 8th Princess Louise's (New Brunswick) Hussars collar title; cloth ‘Canada’ shoulder insignia; named enclosure for Memorial Cross; letter of condolence to recipient’s widow from the Attorney General of New Brunswick, dated 21 November 1944, and two photographs of recipient in uniform.