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14 February 2024

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№ 282 x

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14 February 2024

Hammer Price:
£750

A Great War M.M. group of five awarded to Warrant Officer A. J. Le Sueur, 60th Canadian Infantry

Military Medal, G.V.R. (458416 L. Cpl. A. J. Le Sueur. 60/Can: Inf: Bn:); British War and Victory Medals (458416 W.O. Cl. 2 A. J. Le Sueur. 60-Can. Inf.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, 1914-1918; Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., mounted for wear, nearly extremely fine (5) £400-£500

M.M. London Gazette 23 August 1916.

Neither Croix de Guerre appears in the London Gazette.

Arthur James Le Sueur was born in Austin, Texas, on 12 November 1888. A surveyor by trade, he had previously served in the U.S.A. Army Engineer Corps, when he attested at Montreal for the C.E.F. on 2 August 1915. He sailed from Montreal in the S.S. Scandina on 6 November 1915, and served on the Western Front with the 60th Canadian Infantry from 21 February 1916.

Sold with copied service papers.