A First War Group To Sergeant Frederick Harvey;, Dow Received In The Trenches At Bully-Grenay

Canada; 1914-15 Star (55438 Pte F. HARVEY. 19/CAN:INF:). British War Medal (55438 SJT. F. HARVEY. 19-CAN.INF.); and Victory Medal (55438 SJT. F. HARVEY. 19-CAN.INF.). Naming is officially impressed. Unmounted, the Star with an original ribbon, the BWM and VM with replacement ribbons, very dark patina on the BWM, residue in the recessed areas of the Star from cleaning, light contact, better than very fine. Accompanied by two cardboard lids from medal shipping boxes, both addressed "55438 SJT. F. HARVEY, 19-Can.Inf.".

Footnote: Frederick Harvey was born on November 8, 1894 in Bristol, England, the son of Agnes Harvey and later immigrated to Canada. He signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (55438) with the 19th Infantry Battalion, on November 10, 1914, in Toronto, Ontario, at the age of 20, naming his next-of-kin as his mother, Agnes Harvey of Toronto, stating that he belonged to an active militia, the 48th Highlanders, that he was not married and that his trade was that of Packer. The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G.O. 36, March 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed on May 13, 1915 from Montreal, Quebec aboard the S.S. Scandinavian, with a strength of 41 officers and 1,075 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel J.J. McLaren, arriving in England on May 22nd. After four months training in England, the 19th Infantry Battalion received their orders for overseas service in the French theatre on September 13, 1915, arriving at the Base Depot in Boulogne on September 14th. Private Harvey was appointed Acting Lance Corporal on October 19, 1915, appointed Lance Corporal one week later, on October 26th, then promoted to Sergeant the following year, on October 19, 1916. 55438 Sergeant Frederick Harvey, 19th Infantry Battalion received gun shot (shrapnel) wounds while in action in the front line trenches at Bully-Grenay, dying from his wounds at No. 6 Casualty Clearing Station, on January 13, 1917, the "nature of (his) wounds not reported". He is buried in Bully-Grenay Communal Cemetery, British Extention, Bully, Pas de Calais, France, Grave Reference: I. C. 3., located approximately twenty kilometres north of Arras and is commemorated on page 252 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. His mother, Agnes Harvey, received his 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Memorial Cross, Memorial Plaque and Scroll.