A VERY NICE ORIGINAL PAIR OF WW1 MEDALS TO A SOMME CASUALTY SERVING WITH THE 14TH BN CANADIANS. CORRECT IMPRESSED NAMING TO 440927 PTE H. MEDAL INDEX CARD CONFIRMS JUST WAR AND VICTORY MEDAL ENTITLEMENT. SUFFERED GUNSHOT WOUND TO HEAD ON THE FIRST DAY OF BATTLE OF FLERS COURCELETTE ON THE SOMME 26TH SEPT 1916. ACCORDING TO THE CANADIAN PAPERS THAT ARE ONLINE HE WAS REPORTED MISSING AND LAID OUT IN NO MANS LAND FOR A DAY UNTIL FOUND NEXT DAY AND MOVED TO 5TH CANADIAN FIELD AMBULANCE WHERE HE DIED ON THE 27TH. HERBERT CAMPBELL CHAMBERS BORN IN DYSART ROAD GRANTHAM ENGLAND IN 1883. BURIED AT COURCELETTE CEMETERY FRANCE AGED 34 YEARS. The item “WW1 CANADIAN CASUALTY MEDALS 14TH BATTALION DIED OF WOUNDS 1916 SOMME ANCRE” is in sale since Thursday, August 11, 2016. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War I (1914-1918)\Medals/ Ribbons”. The seller is “oldcontemptible1418″ and is located in St. Neots. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Type: Medals & Ribbons
- Era: 1914-1945
- Conflict: World War I (1914-1918)
- Service: Army
- Country/ Organization: Commonwealth
- Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued