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A Great War M.M. group of six awarded to Corporal A. Marks, Veteran Guards of Canada, late C...
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A Great War M.M. group of six awarded to Corporal A. Marks, Veteran Guards of Canada, late Canadian Field Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (41094 Dvr. A. Marks, Can. F.A.); 1914-15 Star (41094 Dvr. A. Marks, Can. Fd. Art.); British War and Victory Medals (41094 Dvr. A. Marks, C.F.A.); Canadian Voluntary Service Medal 1939-45, no clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, together with the recipient’s Canadian Memorial Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘L. 32236 Cpl. A. Marks’, and a prize medal in silver and gold, inscribed, ‘J.G.D.’ and ‘F. E. Davies brightly cleaned and lacquered, nearly very fine and better (lot) £400-£500 --- M.M. London Gazette 11 February 1919. Arthur Marks was born in Liverpool, England, in October 1894. He enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Quebec in September 1914, and embarked for France as a Driver in 5th Battery, 2nd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, in February 1915. Marks remained actively engaged there until the War’s end, was awarded the M.M., and was discharged back in Canada in April 1919. Between the Wars Marks served as a cook with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at Regina, but on the renewal of hostilities he returned to uniform, serving in the Veteran Guards of Canada from July 1940 until April 1945, and gaining the Canadian Voluntary Service Medal and War Medal. As also revealed by accompanying research, his death in March 1948 was deemed to have been caused by his earlier military service and, accordingly, his widow was sent the Canadian Memorial Cross. Corporal Marks is buried in the Military Old Cemetery, Regina, Saskatchewan. Sold with copied research.
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A Great War M.M. group of six awarded to Corporal A. Marks, Veteran Guards of Canada, late Canadian Field Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (41094 Dvr. A. Marks, Can. F.A.); 1914-15 Star (41094 Dvr. A. Marks, Can. Fd. Art.); British War and Victory Medals (41094 Dvr. A. Marks, C.F.A.); Canadian Voluntary Service Medal 1939-45, no clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, together with the recipient’s Canadian Memorial Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘L. 32236 Cpl. A. Marks’, and a prize medal in silver and gold, inscribed, ‘J.G.D.’ and ‘F. E. Davies brightly cleaned and lacquered, nearly very fine and better (lot) £400-£500 --- M.M. London Gazette 11 February 1919. Arthur Marks was born in Liverpool, England, in October 1894. He enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Quebec in September 1914, and embarked for France as a Driver in 5th Battery, 2nd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, in February 1915. Marks remained actively engaged there until the War’s end, was awarded the M.M., and was discharged back in Canada in April 1919. Between the Wars Marks served as a cook with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at Regina, but on the renewal of hostilities he returned to uniform, serving in the Veteran Guards of Canada from July 1940 until April 1945, and gaining the Canadian Voluntary Service Medal and War Medal. As also revealed by accompanying research, his death in March 1948 was deemed to have been caused by his earlier military service and, accordingly, his widow was sent the Canadian Memorial Cross. Corporal Marks is buried in the Military Old Cemetery, Regina, Saskatchewan. Sold with copied research.
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