Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part II)

Pair: Private R. W. Gilruth, 43rd Battalion Canadian Infantry

British War and Victory Medals (153927 Pte., 43-Can. Inf.) good very fine and better (2) £50-70

Reginald William Gilruth, 43rd Battalion Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment) was killed in action, France/Flanders, on 21 September 1916, aged 20 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial. He was the son of Arthur and Jane Elizabeth Gilruth of “Brodick”, Orpington, Kent.