A First War Canadian Pair to the 2nd Infantry Battalion CEF

British War Medal (1045341 PTE. D. HAIGHT. C.F.C.); Victory Medal (1045341 PTE. D. HAIGHT. C.F.C.); and Canadian Corps of Commissionaires Long Service Medal (D. HAIGHT). Naming is officially impressed on the First World War pair and engraved on the reverse of the CCCLSM. Board-mounted with a heading inscribed "PTE. D. HAIGHT, C.F.C. / Canadian Corps of Commissionaires", original ribbons, light contact, near extremely fine.

Footnote: Dennis Haight was born on June 4, 1897 in Elgin County, near Aylmer, Ontario. He was a resident of Ford City, Ontario when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (1045341) with the 241st Infantry Battalion, on September 18, 1916 in Windsor, Ontario, at the age of 19, naming his next-of-kin as his mother, Ida Haight of Aylmer, stating that he was with an Active Militia, that he was not married and that his trade was that of Shoemaker, his previous employer later being identified as Canadian Lamp Works. While with the 241st Infantry Battalion, he was subjected to a medical examination. In his Medical History of an Invalid, dated April 3, 1917 at Windsor, the doctor noted the flat feet on Haight: "Right foot moderately flat, Left foot flatter. He says he can march five miles without discomfort. Otherwise he is fit." The doctor also noted that Haight had a hernia operation scar on his right side. As the result of having flat feet, the Medical Board declared Haight "Unfit for Infantry" but "Fit for Forestry" and recommended that he be transferred to the Forestry Corps. Two weeks later, Haight was transferred to the 122nd Infantry Battalion on April 15, 1917. The Battalion was raised in the Muskoka District of Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Huntsville under the authority of G.O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia on June 2, 1917 aboard the S.S. Olympic, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel D.M. Grant with a strength of 26 officers and 686 other ranks, arriving in Liverpool, England on June 9th. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the Canadian Forestry Corps, with Haight taken on strength at the Canadian Forestry Corps Base Depot at Sunningdale on June 10th and posted to No. 44 Company, Canadian Forestry Corps. He was transferred for overseas service in the French theatre on June 27, 1917, disembarking at Le Havre on the 28th. Haight was "admonished" on December 4, 1917, for being absent without leave from 11 p.m. on December 2nd to 8 p.m. on December 3rd, a total of 21 hours. The following summer, he was admitted to No. 51 General Hospital at Etaples on July 20, 1918, where he was diagnosed with "V.D.G." (venereal disease, gonorrhea). After two months at Etaples, he was transferred to No. 7 Canadian Stationary Hospital at Camiers on September 30th, where he would recuperate for the next three and a half weeks, before being discharged on October 24th and posted to the Canadian General Base Depot. He rejoined the 44th Company on October 30th. Upon the ceasing of hostilities, Haight was posted to the Canadian Forestry Corps Depot at Sunningdale on January 16, 1919. He was subsequently posted to the Canadian Corps Camp Rhyl, on February 11th, then posted to the Canadian Concentration Camp at Kinmel Park, North Wales for return to Canada. He embarked for Canada aboard the S.S. Lapland on March 1, 1919, then posted to the Casualty Company on March 19th. Haight was discharged upon demobilization on March 22, 1919, at No. 1 District Depot in London, Ontario, credited with having served in Canada, England and France, entitled to wear the War Service Badge, Class "A", number 83168. Throughout the war, he had been sending his widowed mother about $5.00 a month, as the oldest son, while his other two brothers were also serving at the front. For his First World War service, he was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. After the war, he served with the Canadian Corps of Commissionaires, earning him the Canadian Corps of Commissionaires Long Service Medal. Haight died on October 23, 1957, at the age of 60.

A First & Second War Group to Captain Frederick L. Henderson - 1914-15 Star (LIEUT: F.L. HENDERSON. 19/CAN:INF:); British War Medal (CAPT. F.L. HENDERSON.); Victory Medal (CAPT. F.L. HENDERSON.); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal 1939-1945; and King George V and Queen Mary Jubilee Medal 1935. Naming is officially impressed. Un-mounted, original ribbons, dark patina on the BWM, WM and JM, oxidation evident on the reverse of the VM, light contact, very fine.   Footnote: Frederick Lewis Henderson is acknowledged as having been part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War but no paperwork is on file. Henderson later served in the home theatre during the Second World War.  

A First War Pair to the 49th Canadian Infantry - British War Medal (2621840 PTE. T. VINCENT. 49-CAN.INF.); and Victory Medal (2621840 PTE. T. VINCENT. 49-CAN.INF.). Naming is officially impressed. Cleaned, contact marks, very fine. Accompanied by a City of Mons 3rd Canadian Infantry Division Liberation Medal (aluminum, dated September 11, 1918, 22 mm, ring suspension); an American Rock of the Marne 30th Infantry Regiment Badge (silvered metal and enamels, dated July 14-18, 1918, 30.2 mm, missing its vertical pinback); and a CD containing fourteen pages with copies of his Index Cards, Attestation Paper, Service Records, Medical Records and Discharge Certificates.  Footnote: Thomas Vincent was born on December 11, 1888 in Redruth, Cornwall, England. He signed his Attestation Paper with the British Canadian Recruiting Mission, Infantry Draft, in Calgary, Alberta on September 4, 1917, naming his wife, Eliza Vincent of Butte, Montana, USA as his next-of-kin, stating that he had no previous military service, that he was married and that his trade was that of Miner. It is also documented in his paperwork that he had four children: Violet (age 11), Thomas (age 9), Leonard (age 7) and David (age 5) at the time of his enlistment, that his father was deceased and that his mother, Eliza (same name as that of his wife) still resided in Redruth. He embarked Quebec City, Quebec on October 4, 1917 aboard the S.S. Metagama, arriving in Liverpool, England on October 17th. He was taken on strength upon arrival at Bramshott and transferred to the 21st Reserve Battalion. Three months later, he proceeded overseas for service with the 49th Infantry Battalion in the French theatre, on January 18, 1918, landing in France on the 20th and joining the 48th Battalion in the field on the 21st. Vincent was sentenced to twenty-one days Field Punishment No. 1 on December 24, 1918, for "W.O.A.S., A.W.L. (Whilst on Active Service, Absent Without Leave) B2029 D.O.II from parade on morning of 14-12-18 at 09.00 hours". A month after serving his sentence and with hostilities in Europe having ceased, he departed LeHavre on February 8, 1919 and was struck off strength to Canada onMarch 8th, sailing from Liverpool. He was discharged upon demobilization at No. 13 District Depot, Dispersal Station "S", in Edmonton, Alberta on March 22, 1919 and was entitled to wear the War Service Badge, Number 237209. His post-war plan was to return home to be his wife and children in Butte.

A Second War Canadian Three Piece Medal Bar - Mounted as worn, silver Canadian Issued; Defence Medal; Canadian Voluntary Service Medal with Overseas Bar; War Medal; toned, very fine.