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

Pair: Private J. Finch, 54th Battalion Canadian Infantry

British War and Victory Medals (757862 Pte., 54-Can. Inf.) extremely fine (2) £50-70

Private John Finch, 54th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment), was posted missing (Killed in action) on 8 August 1918, aged 41 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial. He was the son of Peter and Harriett Finch of Gestingthorpe, Essex and the husband of Clara Finch of Hamilton, Ontario.