{"title":"North America-Canada-Campaign Medals- Pairs- \u0026 Groups-Second World War 1939-45-Memorial Groups","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"an-rcaf-memorial-birks-bar-lost-over-the-straits-of-gibraltar-c2443","title":"An Rcaf Memorial Birks Bar; Lost Over The Straits Of Gibraltar","description":"An RCAF Memorial Birks Bar; Lost Over the Straits of Gibraltar - Defence Medal; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp; and War Medal 1939-1945. Court-mounted with Birks Memorial Bar (engraved \"F\/O H.J. CROWE R.C.A.F. DIED IN HIS COUNTRY'S SERVICE 12 MAR. 1943\") glued to the front, original ribbons, glue residue on the reverse of all three medals, near extremely fine. Accompanied by a Photograph of Crowe in his RCAF Uniform with Observer's Wing (black and white, gloss finish, 65 mm x 114 mm), a Postcard of a British Hudson Bomber (black and white, cutline inscribed \"BRITISH HUDSON BOMBER. (Lockheed B-14) Photo taken over the English Channel. A general reconnaissance bomber highly praised by the Royal Air Force for its powerful and rugged reliability.\", 89 mm x 138 mm), along with copies of his Attestation Papers, Service Records, Royal Canadian Artillery Discharge Certificate and Royal Air Force Report on Flying Accident.\n \nFootnote: Harold James Crowe was born on August 13, 1918 in Calgary, Alberta, the son of Thomas James Crowe (a Commission Agent) and Caroline Matilda Crowe of New Westminster, British Columbia. He attended public school at Earl Grey School (1924 to 1932), high school at Western Canada High (1932 to 1936), had one year of university at Mount Royal College (1936 to 1937), followed by six months of Night School in commercial subjects (1937). His interests were in Photography and Pharmacy, while he enjoyed athletic pursuits in Sprinting, Rugby, Hockey and Hiking. After his formal education was finished, he was employed by Jenkins Groceteria as a Truck Driver (1937 to 1938) and with Temple Duff Drug as an Apprentice Druggist, Clerk and Stock Keeper, before he enlisted with the Royal Canadian Artillery. Crowe enlisted with the 95th Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery as a Private (Gunner), on August 5, 1940, naming his father as his next-of-kin, stating that he had no previous military service and that his occupation was that of Druggist. He was subsequently transferred to 2\/91st Field Battery, passed his NCO's exam on April 1, 1941 and five and half weeks later, was discharged from the 2\/91st Field Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery, on May 10, 1941, enabling him to join the Royal Canadian Air Force. Crowe signed his Attestation Paper with the Royal Canadian Air Force (J\/11646), on May 10, 1941 in Calgary, naming-his-father as his next-of-kin, stating that he had previous military service in the Non-Permanent Active Militia (RCA), that he was Single and that his occupation was that of Druggist's Apprentice. He did his RCAF training at various locations, including Brandon, Manitoba; Edmonton, Alberta; High River, Alberta; and Trenton, Ontario. He is also on record as having attended No. 5 Air Observers School in Winnipeg, Manitoba (1940 to 1942), No. 7 Bombing and Gunnery School at Paulson, Manitoba (1942), No. 1 Air Navigation School at Rivers, Manitoba (1942), all three schools for Navigation, and No. 31 General Reconnaissance School at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (1942). He was promoted to the rank of Pilot Officer on March 11, 1942, was posted briefly to Debert Military Camp in Debert, Nova Scotia on September 12, 1942, before being transferred to \"Y\" Depot in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he was organized as part of the Royal Air Force Trainees Depot on October 27, 1942. Crowe embarked Canada the following day, arriving in the United Kingdom on November 4th and was stationed at Bournemouth. While in England, he was named Temporary Flight Officer on November 11, 1942, before embarking the United Kingdom for India on December 13, 1942 and is recorded as being on North African Command as of January 1, 1943. Crowe was stationed with a Royal Air Force Transit Squadron in Gibraltar, and was on an Operational Night flight aboard a Hudson VI FK.621, with twin Wasp engines, carrying a crew of four including Crowe, when the plane crashed in Spanish territory. In the Report on Flying Accident, dated March 28, 1943 at RAF Station North Front, Gibraltar, it describes the crew's predicament: \"On arrival at Gibraltar the following faults were reported and rectified: recoil from pistol cracked port window - no spares available; port undercarriage hydraulic pipe requires new length of rubber jointing - new joint fitted; both engines running hot - oil filters removed, inspected, cleaned and replaced. Ground tested O.K.; slight oil seepage near instrument panel - checked, no leak found.\" The Wing Commander who filed the report went on to state that the \"Pilot took off at night and climbed to the East. He then turned West and flew past Europa Point but was off track and hit high ground to the North of the Straits of Gibraltar. Height of the crash approximately 1500 feet. Crew was out of practice at night. Last night flight was in August. Either the pilot did not fly on the correct course due to erratic instrument flying or observer did not give the pilot correct courses through the Straits.\" He continued to elaborate: \"Recommend that all Ferry Pilots be kept in night flying practice. This pilot, although he had done no night flying for six months, (preferred) to be despatched to the U.K. by night rather than fly an unarmed aircraft up by day. It is now evident that the crew were not fit to do so.\" The crew were initially reported as \"Missing\" but later confirmed as \"Killed as the Result of a Flying Accident\" on March 12, 1943. In addition to 24 year old J\/11646 Pilot Officer (Navigator) Harold J. Crowe, also killed were A\/411641 Pilot Officer (Pilot) B.W. Polson, A\/412698 Sergeant (Wireless Air Gunner) R. Rickett and NZ-41449 Sergeant (Wireless Air Gunner) H.E. Ash. The bodies were later recovered and buried at sea. Crowe is remembered with honour on the Gibraltar Memorial in Gibraltar and is commemorated on page 150 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. He was awarded the Defence Medal, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp and the War Medal 1939-1945 for his Second World War Service. The Birks Memorial Bar was sent to his father on January 9, 1952. Also, as his mother was no longer alive and the fact that he was not married, no memorial crosses were issued.","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46108905341205,"sku":"C2443","price":315.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/img_03_2969aae6-68e6-4fe9-b8ae-0ef2cae1654a.jpg?v=1692838550"},{"product_id":"wwii-casualty-group-to-pilot-michael-antifaev-rcaf-c1320","title":"Wwii Casualty Group To Pilot Michael Antifaev Rcaf","description":"Defence Medal; Canadian Voluntary Service Medal with Overseas Clasp; 1939-45 War Medal; and Memorial Cross, George VI (F.S. PILOT M. ANTIFAEVR157737). Naming is officially engraved on the MC, the medals are unnamed. Original ribbons, court mounted without pinback, extremely fine. Accompanied by a CD containing thirty-six pages with copies of his Service Award Computer Card, Attestation Paper, Service Records, RCAF Certificate of Presumption of Death, Province of British Columbia Registration of Death, along with his father, Nicholas Antifaev's Province of British Columbia Certificate of Death, plus a photograph on Michael Antifaev in uniform.\nFootnote: Michael Antifaev was born on March 1, 1921 at Kamsack, Saskatchewan, the son of Nicholas Antifaev and Annie Antifaev (nee Olkovick). Both his father and mother were born in Russia (he at Tiflis, she at Charcoff) and had become Canadian citizens. Michael had three brothers (K45129 Cfn. John Antifaev RCEME, Walter, Nicholas Jr.) and two sisters (Mrs. Mary Fraser, Mrs. Ann Layich). He lived in Saskatchewan for the first eighteen months of his life, before his parents moved to British Columbia, where he was to spend the next nineteen and a half years, his interests lying in fishing, hunting, softball, track and soccer. His education consisted of: Strathcona Public School (1927-1930), Sir Alexander Mackenzie School (1930-1935) and John Oliver High School (1935-1937, where he achieved Grade XI). He was employed in three occupations in his civilian life: as a Cutter with Queen Charlotte Fisheries for two years (1937-1939), as a Machine Operator with Westminster Shock Mills for one year (1940-1941) and as a Helper with Smith Sheet Metal (1941), until he enrolled in the W.E.T.P. (War Emergency Training Plan) from December 1941 to March 1942, a program designed to raise the quality of general knowledge for those people who had left school at a young age, covering the core \"school\" subjects so that they were prepared for more specific RCAF subjects once they were enlisted. He enlisted at the No. 1 Recruiting Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, signing his RCAF Attestation Paper on December 15, 1941 and posted to No. 3 Manning Depot in Edmonton, Alberta, naming his next-of-kin as his father, Nicholas Antifaev, stating that he had no previous military service, that he was single and that his occupation was that of Sheet Metal Worker. In his RCAF Interview Report, dated March 17, 1942, three officers filed their reports on Antifaev. The Personnel Officer stated that his \"A to L test score satisfactory when taken. Education now satisfactory. Should make average aircrew.\" and recommended him for \"P and O\". The Medical Officer noted that he was a \"slow, non-aggressive type. Conscientious, dependable.\" and recommended him for \"all aircrew duties.\" The Interviewing Officer noted that Antifaev \"does not impress as a particularly good prospect. Borderline, English is not good. He should improve under training.\", yet recommended him for \"Pilot\". He began his RCAF life as an Aircraftman 2nd Class at No. 5 Military Depot at Edmonton on Mar. 18, 1942, as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), training in Canada for the next year. He was transferred to No. 3 SFTS at Calgary, Alberta on May 9, 1942, then to No. 7 ITS at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on June 7, 1942, where he was hospitalized for two days (June 18 to 20) with an undisclosed illness and promoted to Leading Aircraftman on July 31st. He was later transferred to No. 19 EFTS at Virden, Manitoba on September 12, 1942, then to No. 11 SFTS at Yorkton, Saskatchewan on November 8, 1942, where he was named Temporary Sergeant and awarded his Pilot's Flying Badge on March 5, 1943. At this point, he was prepared for continued training overseas service, transferred to No. 1 \"Y\" Depot at Halifax, Nova Scotia two weeks later, on March 19, 1943, as part of the Royal Air Force Training Programme. Antifaev embarked Canada on March 28th, disembarking in the United Kingdom on April 4th and posted to 3 PRC on the 5th. He was moved around for training purposes for the next six months: to No. 15 (P) AFU on June 8, 1943, the attended No. 50 Group (Pool) on July 20, 1943, attended Ramsbury on July 27th, before settling at No. 20 Operational Training Unit on August 17, 1943. It was here that he was promoted to Temporary Flying Sergeant on September 5th. He had left No. 20 Operational Training Unit at RAF Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland, on October 20, 1943, aboard a Vickers Wellington III aircraft DF.595, with Hercules XI engines, the plane having had a total number of 61.40 hours in the air, carrying a crew of six \"Pupils\" (R157737 Sergeant M. Antifaev (Pilot), J25518 A\/B M.E. O'Donoghue (Pilot Officer), R155911 Sergeant R.M. McEachern (Navigator), 1320026 Sergeant G.F. Snell (2nd Navigator), 1432765 Sergeant J. Branford (Wireless Telegrapher\/Air Gunner) and 1566671 Sergeant A. Davidson (Air Gunner)) on a cross-country training exercise, when the aircraft went down in the sea off Carlisle, Scotland. In the Report on Flying Accident or Forced Landing Not Attributable to Enemy Action, dated October 21, 1943, it noted that the aircraft was on a non-operational, night-time mission for training purposes. Antifaev was declared \"Missing\" and later \"Presumed Dead\", the date of death indicated as October 21, 1943. In an Investigative Report, dated May 8, 1944, it stated that \"No. 20 O.T.U. reported that Wellington aircraft, DF.595, with a crew of 6, failed to return from an air training flight. It left base to carry out a night cross-country flight, on the following course: Base - Stirling - Goole - Carlisle - MacDuff - Base. The aircraft set course at 22.23 hours, on the 20th. October, 1943, and kept good W\/T contact with the ground until 02.01 hours, on the 21st. October, 1943. At this time, a fix showed that it was approximately in the Inverness area about 30 miles west of its course. When it did not arrive over base shortly after this fix, No. 13 Group were requested as to its possible location and gave its position as at Butt-of-Lewis, at 03.21 bours, flying south. A message was than sent to the aircraft saying: \"Land at Stornoway\". No. 18 Group reported at 05.20 hours, that this aircraft had sent an S.O.S. at 03.15 hours, and at 03.30 hours, No. 13 Group reported that the plot of this aircraft faded in the Little Minch area, and the aircraft was believed to have ditched. Immediately after the ditching was suspected, No. 15 Group laid on their full Air-Sea rescue organization.\" It went on to note that \"two not R.C.A.F. members of the crew (Snell and Branford of the RAF) were found in a dinghy alive, and from information received there is little likelihood of any of the remaining four members of this crew surviving.\" It was also \"established that both engines were running and the aircraft under control at the time of \"ditching\".\" One of the survivors indicated that \"lack of oil\" may have been a contributing factor, as the oil indicator light was on at 01.50 and during further pumping, the pump handle broke. Both RCAF officers, Antifaev and O'Donoghue were presumed dead, as were the other two members of the crew, McEachern and Davidson. Remarks by the Unit Commander substantiated the aforementioned, noting that the aircraft had a \"Pupil Pilot as Captain\" and that at \"06.10 Although the search continued for a considerable time, no trace of the other four members of the Crew could be found.\" The official RCAF Certificate or Presumption of Death, Numbered 8111, dated June 23, 1944, states that R157737 Flight Sergeant Michael Antifaev died on October 21, 1943. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Runnymede War Memorial in Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey, England. In his Will, dated March 20, 1942 at No. 3 Manning Depot in Edmonton, he stated that \"I Give, Devise and Bequeath unto my father, Mr. N. Antifaev, Vancouver, B.C., all my Estate\". The Estates Branch application was filled out and filed by his sister, Ann, on January 23, 1945, noting that Antifaev had been a \"Tinsmith\" in his civilian life, that there was an insurance policy with Prudential Life in the amount of $178.00, on a 20 year endowment, with the loss payable to his executors and that as far as she knew, he didn't have a Will, although one existed with the RCAF. In a Department of Veteran Affairs, Canadian Pension Commission Investigator's Report, dated October 18, 1950, the investigator noted that Antifaev's brother, Nicholas Antifaev Jr., applied for a Dependant's Allowance, as he was living with his mother, Annie, in a \"run-down home\" in Vancouver. The investigator noted that the brother, Nicholas Jr., was \"a veteran having enlisted in 1942. He served in Canada only and was discharged in 1944 on medical grounds. He is not in receipt of any pension or benefits.\" The mother, Annie, had worked for Northwest Sack Co. for twenty-five years, earning $85.00 a month, with the father, Nicholas having died on November 6, 1949 in Vancouver, at the age of 62. The other two brothers and two sisters were all married and living away from home. The investigator came to the conclusion that \"consideration should be given (to) Mrs. Annie Antifaev, mother of the deceased veteran, rather than the applicant\" (Nicholas Jr.). In response, a letter from L.J. Carey, Secretary Dependent's Allowance Board, dated December 16, 1950, more than seven years after Michael Antifaev's death, he declared that all six relatives (mother, brothers, sisters) were not eligible for a Dependent's Allowance \"during the period immediately prior to the date of the serving Member's death\". Flight Sergeant (Pilot) Antifaev was entitled to the three medals presented here, as documented on his Service Award Computer Card. His mother, Annie, received his Memorial Cross on September 21, 1944.","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46109546545429,"sku":"C1320","price":360.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/241.jpg?v=1692840137"},{"product_id":"wwii-rcaf-group-of-six-c0075","title":"Wwii R.c.a.f. Group Of Six","description":"WWII Group of Six to a Spitfire Casualty: 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; Canadian Voluntary Service Medal with overseas bar; 1939-45 War Medal; Canadian Memorial Cross, George VI, (reverse engraved: F.O. T.M. FALLS J101147). Suspension bar has surmounted on it a small wing at the centre is a red and blue enameled shield with RCAF on it. Court mounted on pin bar. Extremely fine.Tom Montague Falls came from Glencoe, Illinois, USA, and served as a Flying Officer\/Pilot with No. 111 Squadron. He was killed in action on 17th January 1943 when his Spitfire aircraft # ER884 was shot down in the sea during operations. He was 21 years of age, has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Malta War Memorial, Malta.","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46109718774037,"sku":"C0075","price":1850.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/c3840002.jpg?v=1692840518"},{"product_id":"wwii-casualty-trio-c0076","title":"Wwii Casualty Trio","description":"Canadian Voluntary Service Medal; 1939-45 War Medal; Canadian Memorial Cross, George VI (reverse engraved: R 252191 CPL. R. FARRELL). Roderick Farrell came from Benacadie, Nova Scotia.","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46109718872341,"sku":"C0076","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/c3860001.jpg?v=1692840514"},{"product_id":"wwii-memorial-cross-group-of-six-c0105","title":"Wwii Memorial Cross Group Of Six,","description":"1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; CVSM with Overseas Bar; 1939-45 War Medal; Memorial Cross George VI.R., (impressed; P.O. J.L. GALLANT J95287). Court mounted for display. Extremely fine. Pilot Officer\/Air Gunner Joseph Lloyd Gallant from Summerside, PEI was with #101 Squadron and was Killed in Action on 4th November 1944 age 21. Lancaster aircraft # ME865 crashed at Speck, Germany during a night trip to Bochum, Germany. He is buried in the War Cemetery at Rheinberg, Germany.","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46109720084757,"sku":"C0105","price":800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/c4320002.jpg?v=1692840522"},{"product_id":"wwii-memorial-cross-group-of-four-c0114","title":"Wwii Memorial Cross Group Of Four","description":"Defence Medal; CVSM with Overseas bar: 1939-45 War Medal; Memorial Cross, George VI. R., (reverse engraved: R.276668 F\/S W.A. McDEVITT.). Extremely fine.Flight Sergeant William A. McDevitt was born on 5th February 1907 in Schreiber,Ontario. He enlisted on 12th October 1943 and was honourably discharged 15thMarch 1946. McDevitt had served in Canada and overseas and was awarded anAir Gunner?s Badge. Sold with statement of service. (He was also entitled to 1939-45 Star and France and Germany Star).","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46109720674581,"sku":"C0114","price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/c4500002.jpg?v=1692840545"},{"product_id":"wwii-memorial-cross-group-of-five-c0122","title":"Wwii Memorial Cross Group Of Five","description":"1939-45 Star; Defence Medal; CVSM with Overseas bar; 1939-45 War Medal; Memorial Cross, George VI.R., reverse engraved: SGT. AIR GUNNER K.P. GEMMEL R-180825); swing mounted on pin bar, very fine or better. Sergeant, Air Gunner Keith Pratt Gemmel born on 6th August 1924 in Markdale, Ontario died on 3rd July 1943 at age 19. He was in #19 Operational Training Unit andhis Whitley aircraft #AL877 crashed 7 miles south west of Solwinnie, Scotland. Group comes with a copy of his service record.","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46109720838421,"sku":"C0122","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/c4660001.jpg?v=1692840531"},{"product_id":"rcaf-group-of-four-c0178","title":"R.c.a.f. Group Of Four","description":"Defence Medal; CVSM with Overseas Bar; 1939-45 War Medal; Memorial Cross, George VI, (reverse impressed: Sgt. Air Bomber B.E. Bell R70130), court mounted for display, extremely fine. Bruce Edwin Bell from Toronto, Ontario and was in #1658 Conversion Unit. He was killed on 21 Aug 1943 when the Halifax aircraft that he was in had both starboard engines fail and it crashed at Bruntingthorpe Village, Leics. England. He was 23 years old. Comes with copy of his service record.","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46109726933269,"sku":"C0178","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/c5200001.jpg?v=1692840574"},{"product_id":"wwii-memorial-group-to-air-gunner-awellis-rcaf-c1324","title":"Wwii Memorial Group To Air Gunner A.w.ellis Rcaf","description":"WWII Memorial Group to Air Gunner A.W.Ellis RCAF - 1939-45 Star; Defence Medal; Canadian Voluntary Service Medal with Overseas Clasp; 1939-45 War Medal; and Memorial Cross, George VI (SGT. AIR GUNNER A.W. ELLISR190987). MC is officially engraved, the medals are unnamed. Original ribbons, mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback, light contact, better than very fine. Accompanied by his Statement of Service in the Canadian Armed Forces (dated March 3, 1988) and a CD containing forty-eight pages with copies of his Service Award Computer Card, Attestation Paper, Service Records, Report on Flying Accident or Forced Landing Not Attributable to Enemy Action, Province of Ontario Certificate of Death, Official RCAF Casualty Notification, Will and Separation Deed, plus three photographs: two of Ellis in uniform and one of his Identification Card.\nFootnote: Arthur William Ellis was born on November 18, 1911 in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Arthur Albert Ellis and Margaret Ellis (nee Taylor) of Toronto, Ontario. Although he had no brothers, he did have three living sisters (Margaret, Kathleen, Eileen), with a fourth sister, Gertrude, having died on June 11, 1935. His education included: Earl Grey Public School (1920-1927) and Danforth Technical (1928-1929, taking Industrial courses). Ellis played hockey extensively, even as an adult. In his civil life, he had five occupations prior to his joining the RCAF: as a Salesman for P. Krieger in Brantford, Ontario as a Salesman (1936-1937), as a Factory Worker with Mallincrodkt Chemical in Toronto, Ontario (1937), in Mining with Matachewan Cons. Gold Mines (1938-1939), in Mining with Buffalo Ankerite Gold Mines (1939-1940) and as an Engineering Supervisor with General Engineering (1940-1942). Ellis married Lillian Horne on April 27, 1939 in Toronto but the relationship did not last, as the two separated in 1941. In the Separation Deed, dated September 18, 1941 at Toronto, they mutually agreed to live separate and apart from each other, with Arthur Ellis agreeing to pay Lillian $10 per week for maintenance and support. While with General Engineering, Ellis filled out an application to join the RCAF. In his RCAF Interview Report, dated August 28, 1942, his Assessment Educational Standing Ability to Learn Personal Background Officer recommended for Aircrew (Air Gunner); his Medical Officer stated that he had a \"Good physique. Good A.G. material, mature, an easy genial manner. Good responses, manner \u0026amp; attitude. Desirable material.\" and recommended him for Aircrew (Air Gunner) and possible commission; and his Interviewing Officer stated that he was \"30 3\/4 years old. Mature and assured. Easy pleasant manner. Happy-go-lucky temperament. Stocky build. Plays hockey extensively - Mercantile League (T.H.A.) Strong and healthy looking. Desirable A.G. material.\" and recommended him for Aircrew (Air Gunner) and possible commission as well. He signed his Attestation Paper on August 28, 1942, at No. 11 Recruiting Centre in Toronto, naming his next-of-kin as his mother, Margaret, stating that he had no previous military service, that he was separated from his wife, Lillian Ellis (nee Horne) and that his occupation was that of Supervisor, his form stamped \"SPECIAL RESERVE\". He enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force on September 15, 1942 in Toronto as an Aircraftman 2nd Class, enrolling in the Aircrew Course at No. 1 \"M\" Depot, Toronto on October 28, 1942 and having his Identification Card issued on October 30th. His Statutory Declaration, dated October 28, 1942 at No. 1 \"M\" Depot RCAF Toronto, as an Aircraftman 2nd Class, stated that he married on April 27, 1939 in Toronto and that he was legally separated on September 18, 1941, having had no children. He also stated that he signed a Dependents' Allowance for his wife Mrs. Lillian Ellis, to be paid c\/o the lawyer's office in Toronto. He was transferred to No. 8 Manning Depot, Souris, Manitoba on January 5, 1943 and while there, was hospitalized for six days, from February 15 to 21. He saw another transfer, this time to No. 17 SFTS (Service Flying Training School) at Souris on March 7, 1943 and after three months, transferred again, to No. 2 A.G.G.T.S. (Air Gunner Ground Training School) at Trenton, Ontario, where he was to take the Air Gunner Course, from May 3 to July 23, 1943. In his RCAF Training School Report, dated July 23, 1943 upon completion of the course as an Air Gunner, it was noted that he was an \"Average student, fair practical knowledge, hard worker, good discipline. Average A.G. material.\" and was also awarded his Air Gunner Badge. While at No. 2 A.G.G.T.S, he saw a short posting to No. 3 Bombing \u0026amp; Gunnery School at MacDonald, Manitoba that June, achieving the rank of Leading Aircraftman on June 12th, later named Temporary Sergeant on the completion of the course on July 23rd, designated Air Gunner (Special Group). He was now considered ready for overseas service and was transferred to No. 1 \"Y\" Depot at Halifax, Nova Scotia on July 23, 1943 and placed in the RAF Trainee Pool on August 25th. Ellis embarked Halifax on August 26th, arriving in the United Kingdom on September 1st. He was taken on strength of 3 PRC on September 2nd, transferred to No. 15 Operational Training Unit on August 24th, then transferred to what would become his final posting, with No. 26 Operational Training Unit on September 21, 1943. While here, he was attached to Group 92 Bomber Command. He was aboard a Wellington III DH.440 with Hercules engines, the aircraft having had an accrued flying time of 546 hours, 40 minutes, carrying a crew of six, including R190987 Sergeant Arthur William Ellis (Air Gunner), 1148277 Flight Sergeant Arthur Merridew (Pilot), 1388746 Sergeant Stuart Wilson (Navigator), Australian 419461 Sergeant Nicholas Doherty (Air Bombadier),1579075 Sergeant Eric Wilfred Brown (Wireless Operator\/Air Gunner and R208832 Sergeant William Edward Martin (Maintenance Unit\/Air Gunner), when the aircraft exploded in mid-air near RAF Station Foulsham in Norfolk on December 11, 1943. killing all six crew members. In a Report on Flying Accident or Forced Landing Not Attributable to Enemy Action, dated December 12, 1943 at RAF Station in Foulsham, Norfolk, it stated that the accident occurred at 2:10 hours on December 11, 1943, one and half miles N.N.W. of the airfield, while the aircraft was on a non-operational, nighttime cross-country training exercise, stating that the \"Aircraft crashed into the ground whilst on a night cross country\". The accident was investigated by A.I.B. and noted that the bodies exhibited \"Multiple Injuries, causing instant death.\" A Court of Inquiry was to be set up to fully investigate the cause of the accident but no other documentation exists here, to prove that one was executed. In a letter to his mother from the Wing Commander, Commanding, RAF Station Foulsham, dated December 28, 1943, it stated that Ellis lost his life during a flying operation near Foulsham, Norfolk, England on December 11, 1943. The Wing Commander wrote, \"Your son was taking part in a night cross-country exercise on the night of the 11th December 1943. When his aircraft was in the vicinity of R.A.F. Station Foulsham, Norfolk, for reasons at present unknown, but which are being investigated, it disintegrated in the air. There was apparently no opportunity for any of the crew to bale out, and from the doctor's report, there is no doubt that your son's death was instantaneous, and that he suffered no pain.\" Ellis' funeral took place on December 16th at 2:00 PM at RAF Regional Cemetery, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, where he was buried with four other members of his crew, his funeral conducted by the Canadian Padre, Squadron Leader the Reverend Batty with full service honours accorded, complemented by the Last Post and Reveille sounded at the graveside. He also forwarded her photographs taken at the gravesite. Ellis died at the age of 32 and is buried in Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridgeshire, England, Grave 14149. The Official RCAF Casualty Notification, dated December 17, 1943 at Ottawa, Ontario, stated that R190987 Arthur William Ellis, Air Gunner (Sp. Gr.) was \"\"Killed\" 11-Dec-43 as a result of a flying accident (overseas)(near Foulsham, Norfolk, England)\". In his Will, dated October 28, 1942 at Toronto, it stated that \"I Give, Devise and Bequeath unto my mother, Mrs. Margaret Ellis of Toronto, Ont. my Whole Estate.\" and that in the event of his mother's death, the Estate was to go to his sister, Mrs. Kathleen Shepard of Calgary, Alberta. His Estates Branch document, dated January 11, 1944 at Toronto, was filled out by his father, Arthur Ellis, his father stating that his son's employment was as a \"Munitions Worker\" before enlistment and that he did not know if a Will existed, although Ellis had one on file with the RCAF. His Service Award Computer Card indicates that he was entitled to the Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1934 and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp. His mother, Margaret, received his Memorial Cross, which was delivered to the Chaplain on April 1, 1944.","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46109730767125,"sku":"C1324","price":425.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/77_25cc6ac3-39b3-4294-9ab4-23384d06729c.jpg?v=1692840626"},{"product_id":"wwii-memorial-cross-group-of-four-c0325","title":"Wwii Memorial Cross Group Of Four","description":"1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; 1939-45 War Medal; Canadian Memorial Cross, George VI.R., engraved (SGT. OBSERVER T.M.M. HUNTER, R-98980), in case of issue; Royal Lifesaving Society Medal, Bronze, engraved (.T.HUNTER\/ MAY 1925); Silver Operational Wings, clutch back; extremely fine\/mint condition. Thomas McLennan Miller Hunter from Winnipeg, Manitoba, was a member of the #10 Squadron. He was Killed in Action on 1st. October 1942, when the Halifax aircraft that he was in was shoot down at Schlewsig, Germany. Sergeant Hunter is buried in the Kiel War Cemetery, Schlewsig-Holstein, Germany.","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46109735616789,"sku":"C0325","price":750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/c6740002.jpg?v=1692840674"},{"product_id":"memorial-cross-group-lcpl-shaw-monte-cassino-c0373","title":"Memorial Cross Group - L\/Cpl Shaw - Monte Cassino","description":"1939-1945 Star; Italy Star; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Bar; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-1945; and Canadian Memorial Cross, engraved (M. 31719 L\/Cpl. R. SHAW). Original ribbons, very crisp detail, high relief, near mint. Each of the war medals come in their original boxes. The Memorial Cross comes in its original hardshelled case. All boxes and case are in extremely fine condition. Accompanied by an Information Regarding Mounting and Wearing of Medals Booklet, plus colour photocopies of his Attestation Paper, Service Records, Burial Records and correspondence between his mother and the Ministry of National Defence in Ottawa. Footnote: Reginald Shaw was born on July 25, 1906 in Batley, Yorkshire, England. He signed his Attestation Paper on October 4, 1940 in Fairview, Alberta, as a member of the Edmonton Fusiliers, C.A.S.F., listing his trade as Farm Hand. He stated his marital status as Single and his mother in England as his next-of-kin. Shaw was Killed in Action at the Fourth Battle of Monte Cassino, also known as Operation Diadem, on May 24, 1944. He is remembered with honour at the Cassino War Cemetery, Plot 9, Row G, Grave 3. His mother, Bertha Shaw, received his five war medals and the Memorial Cross.","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46109739450645,"sku":"C0373","price":800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/c721a.jpg?v=1692840694"},{"product_id":"father-son-groups-cmg-kia-rcaf-c0380","title":"Father \u0026 Son Groups - Cmg \u0026 Kia Rcaf","description":"WWI Group to Private Charles McMay, CMG: British War and Victory Medal (174648 PTE. C. MCKAY. C.M.G. BDE.). Naming is officially impressed on both. Original ribbons, crisp detail, dark patinas, very fine. Also includes \"Services Rendered\" War Badge (numbered \"40941\"); CANADA Shoulder Tab; three PRO PATRIA Shoulder Tabs; 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifle Battalion Cap Badge (missing lugs); two General Service Collar Dogs; a bronze homemade Identification Tag (copper, engraved \"CHAS. McKAY 174648 15 CMC Co. CANADIANS\", with leather wrist strap); Durham Light Infantry Cap Badge; Norfolk Yeomanry Cap Badge; Army and Navy Veterans Badge; Great War Veteran Badge; two Navy League Badges; one Sweetheart Ring (bronze, marked \"D\" on centrepiece); Souvenir of Mont St. Michel Charm (bronze); Sacred Heart Commemorative Medal (aluminum); one pocket watch (French-made, marked \"GENEVE Cylindre 6 Rubis\" and numbered \"6196\", engraved but undeciperable); wrist watch (maker marked IDEAL, marked \"SILVEROID A.W.C. Co.\" and numbered \"1061763\", no band); and three photographs. Accompanied by copies of his Attestation Paper, Service Records, Medical Records, Casualty Form and Discharge Certificate. WWII Group to Sergeant Pilot Officer Robert James McKay, RCAF: 1939-1945 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-1945; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; and Canadian Memorial Cross, George VI (P.O. R.J. McKAY J86595). Naming is officially engraved on the Cross. Original ribbons, very crisp detail, better than very fine. Also includes RCAF Sweetheart pin (silver and enamels, stamped STERLING); Boy Scouts Badge (intact lugs and pin); RCAF issued photograph in uniform; original death notice from the Hamilton Spectator with enlarged photograph of same; and forty-five photographs. Accompanied by copies of his Attestation Paper, Training Reports, Service Records, Recommendation Letters, Notification of Missing Status Letters, Investigation Report and Death Certificate. As a group, in very fine condition. Footnote: Charles McKay was born April 15, 1895 in Ottawa, Ontario. He signed his CEF Attestation Paper at the age of 20 on September 10, 1915 in Hamilton, Ontario and stated his trade as Printer. He embarked Halifax on May 19, 1916 and arrived in Liverpool on May 30. He eventually made his way to the French theatre on February 8, 1917 as a member of the Canadian Machine Gun pool. The following day, he was transferred to the 15th C.M.G. Company, eventually to be absorbed into the 3rd Battalion Canadian Machine Gun Corps by early 1918 and continued to see service in France until the end of the war. He spent a brief period hospitalized while in England in early 1919, then returned to Canada and was discharged upon demobilzation on May 27, 1919. Robert James McKay was born on August 29, 1920 in Hamilton, Ontario. He signed his RCAF Attestation Paper on June 13, 1940 at the No. 1 Manning Depot in Toronto, Ontario and stated that he was single and his occupation as Junior Clerk. He scored well on his tests with the RCAF and saw training at multiple locations in Canada, before leaving for overseas service on March 8, 1943. He disembarked in England on March 17. On the night of February 19\/20, 1944, his Halifax Mark III H.X.-230 aircraft took off from England, to carry out bombing operations in Germany. McKay was declared missing and presumed dead from 443 Squadron when the aircraft did not return to base. The aircraft crashed two kilometres northwest of Markendorf, Germany after being shot down by night fighters. One member of the crew had previously bailed out and fell to his death. The Luftwaffe recovered the remains of six of the crew that perished in the crash and brought them to Markendorf, where they were buried in a collective grave. The six crew members were re-interred in 1948 in the Berlin Heerstrasse British Military Cemetery. McKay had made seven operational trips, totalling 47.3 hours, with his mother receiving the Memorial Cross.","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46109742891285,"sku":"C0380","price":1100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/c729a.jpg?v=1692840700"},{"product_id":"memorial-cross-group-to-air-gunner-fraser-c0391","title":"Memorial Cross Group To Air Gunner Fraser","description":"1939-1945 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; and Canadian Memorial Cross (F.S. AIR GUNNER I. FRASER R4236A). Naming is officially engraved on the Cross. Original ribbons, CMC is in its original case of issue, extremely fine. Accompanied by copies of his Attestation Paper, Service Records, General Conduct Sheet, Medical Records, Casualty Records, Death Certificate, Investigative Reports, correspondence from RCAF Headquarters in Ottawa and research papers. Footnote: Iain Fraser was born on June 8, 1920, the son of John and Hannah Fraser of Winnipeg, Manitoba. He signed his Attestation Paper on April 12, 1940 in Winnipeg stating that he was single and that his trade was that of Unskilled Labourer. He had had previous military experience with the RCAF in Winnipeg as a Fitter but was discharged due to the serious illness at the time of his father. After re-applying and being accepted to the RCAF on January 3, 1941 for war service, he spent time training at bases in Brandon, Manitoba, Calgary, Alberta and Trenton, Ontario, achieving the ranks of Sergeant and Flight Sergeant, before his departure for England. He disembarked in the United Kingdom on March 23, 1942, training with various squadrons, until he settled with No. 50 Squadron of the Royal Air Force. Fraser was admitted to Station Sick Quarters, Swinderby on September 9, 1942 and treated for emotional shock, after his aircraft crashed near RAF Station, Swinderby, while returning from an operational sortie. Once he returned to good health in October, he agian began flying sortis to various European locations. He was aboard his aircraft on the night of January 16\/17, 1943, scheduled to go to Berlin but they failed to reach their objective and bombed Sylit on the return trip instead, due to haze and thick cloud cover over the German capital. Fraser's crew consisted of three members of the Royal Canadian Air Force (including himself), three members of the Royal Air Force and one from the Royal Australian Air Force. The following night of January 17\/18, 1943, 170 Lancasters and 17 Halifaxes repeated the raid on Berlin, with the weather better than it had been on the previous night. The routes taken by the bombers to and from Berlin were the same as those followed on the previous night, with the German night fighters able to find the bombing stream. There were 19 Lancasters and 3 Halifaxes lost, about twelve percent of the force. His Lancaster III ED.471 crew of seven was declared missing from operations when it did not return to base after their scheduled bombing raid on Berlin, the night of January 17, 1943. It was later discovered from German records that the plane had crashed and burned at 2150 hours, 2 km west of Ellingstadt, which is 11 km south west of Schlesweig, Germany, about 350 km from their intended target of Berlin. The International Red Cross acknowledged the identities of four of the five found dead, with the fifth being confirmed as Fraser after the war, when the bodies were moved to the Kiel War Cemetery, from their original resting place at the Military Cemetery in Schleswig. The remaining two crew members were later found buried with the aircraft in swampy ground, as they were in the nose of the aircraft and were at the initial point of impact. Fraser was credited with having flown twenty-two operational trips, including sortis over Wismar, Kiel, Le Crousot, Genoa, Hamburg, Turin, Stuttgart, Duisberg and Essen. He is buried in the Kiel War Cemetery and his death was officially registered with the Province of Manitoba, with official information to confirm his death from the RCAF Records Officer in Ottawa. His mother, Hannah, received the Canadian Memorial Cross in his honour, as he had no spouse.","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46109743939861,"sku":"C0391","price":700.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/c739a.jpg?v=1692840704"},{"product_id":"d-day-10-kia-rcaf-spitfire-pilot-sqdr-ldr-hall-c0406","title":"D-Day + 10 Kia - Rcaf Spitfire Pilot Sqdr Ldr Hall","description":"1939-1945 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-1945; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp; and Memorial Cross (S.L. J.D. HALL C1624). Naming on the MC is officially engraved, no ribbon and comes in its case of issue, while the WWII Stars and Medals have original ribbons and are unnamed, extremely fine. Accompanied by an RCAF Operations Wings Badge (sterling silver with a bronze gilt, maker marked STEPHENSON and marked STERLING, screwback); an embroidered RCAF Wings Insignia; an embroidered RAF Wings Insignia; nine RCAF Uniform Buttons; two Photographs on Hall in uniform; and copies of his Officer's Application and Record Sheet, Officer's Declaration Paper, Service Records, Personal Assessments, Report on Pupil Pilot, Province of British Columbia Death Registration, plus various eyewitness reports, letters and correspendence. Footnote: James Dickie Hall was born on February 27, 1916 in Coniston, Ontario (near Sudbury). He signed his four page Officer's Application and Record Sheet while living in Trail, British Columbia on October 2, 1939 and his Officer's Declaration Paper on November 2, 1939, stating that he was single, that he had no previous war service and that his occupation was that of Assayer. He was educated at Sudbury High School (1929-1932), Humberside Collegiate (1932-1933) and Pickering College (1933-1934), before attending McGill University in Montreal, Quebec (1934-1939), graduating with a B. Eng. in Mining Engineering and a M.Sc. in Geology, also playing inter-collegiate football for the Redmen. He was employed by various companies in the Sudbury area while attending McGill. He began his RCAF training at RCAF Station Uplands, in Ottawa in 1940 and was recognized by his peers and superiors as being a very hard working student while in training. In a Final Report dated November 19, 1943 from the RAF Staff College in regards to his 10th (War) Course, it was documented that Hall was \"A cheerful officer with a strong character, a pleasant manner, and a sympathetic nature. He is very quiet and reserved but has a definite mind of his own. He shows imagination and initiative. His work shows throughness and sound judgment. He has been consistently sound and reliable, and is a hard worker. He is ready to accept responsiblity. Above average ablility. His written work is above average and is consistent, painstaking and accurate. Because of shyness he is much too reluctant to speak on formal occasions. Suitable for Air or Administrative staff duties in his acting rank. After gaining more confidence in a period of staff employment he would be suitable for Directing Staff duties at R.C.A.F. Staff College.\", signed by the Air Vice-Marshal, Commandant, R.A.F. Staff College. He was recommended as a potential Squardon Commander, June 8, 1944. He was Squadron Leader of 402 Squadron in 1942, then Squadron Leader and Commanding Officer of Red Indians in 1943. It was folowed by a term at Staff College and in Sir Arthur Conningham's staff, shifting thereafter to combat on D-Day. He married Kathleen Louise Blaylock and she moved to England in 1942 to work at M.T.C. Headquarters, while he was serving in England. Hall had his allowance and assigned pay diverted to her, also fathering a daughter, Judith Ann, in 1943. On the night of June 16, 1944, three flights of six aircraft from No.144 Wing took off from B-3 Airfield, St. Croix-Sur-Mer, for a sweep into the Argentan area of Normandy. They left at 20.30, twelve of the aircraft being from No. 443 Hornet Squadron (Our Sting is Death), one of which was lead by S\/L J.D. Hall, the other by S\/L H.W. McLeod, acting independently. His Spitfire MK 397 met with flak from German forces on the ground, his aircraft last having been seen by accompanying planes flying into cloud at 3,000 feet over the Caen area of France. At this point, the Spitfires were engaged by the enemy in air combat over Sassy-Perrieres-Sur-Les-Pres, with up to 90 Fock Wulfs. The weather was bad, combined with the fact they were fighting it out against great odds. His aircraft was shot down and was found near the village of Perrieres near Monteaux, with the aircraft's numbers easily recognizable. Three pilots perished: S\/L James Dickie Hall, F\/L Hugh Russel and F\/O L. Perez Gomez. A fourth pilot, F\/L D.M. Walz, parachuted to safety. Walz described that there were \"several burning German wrecks on the ground and later when he enquired among the people where he was hiding, they told him of one Spitfire wreck and four German wrecks\", a testament to the Squadron's tenaciousness. Hall was Killed in Action at the age of 28 and was initially buried near the wreck, then, after a solemn ceremony on Sunday, June 18, was re-interred in the cemetery of Perrieres. After the liberation, the body was removed by the Allied authorities and laid to rest in the Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, France. In a personal letter addressed to his wife, Kathleen, dated June 20th, 1944, it was noted that \"on the evening of 16th June, Jimmy was leading a flight in a patrol over the Allied beach-head.\", that they had lost contact with his plane and that \"we must assume that they are lost to us.\" The letter continues, \"He came to my Squadron several months ago, and we became firm friends overnight. We in the Squadron admired him greatly, and his keenness to fight the Hun was an inspiration to us all. We shall sorely miss his helping hand in these trying times.\", signed H.W. McLeod S\/L DSQ DFC, Officer Commanding, No. 443 Squadron (RCAF).","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46109744529685,"sku":"C0406","price":1250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/c754.jpg?v=1692840710"},{"product_id":"memorial-cross-group-to-sgt-air-gunner-hodges-c1648","title":"Memorial Cross Group To Sgt. Air Gunner Hodges","description":"Memorial Cross Group to SGT. Air Gunner Hodges - Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Bar; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-1945; and Canadian Memorial Cross, engraved (SGT. AIR GUNNER C.M. HODGES R266186), with RCAF Wings Pin Suspension. Original ribbons, near mint. Footnote: Campbell McRae Hodges was from Toronto, Ontario, a member of #22 Operational Training Unit. At 10.20 hours on June 16, 1944, a Wellington HZ 715 22 OTU, with an all-Canadian eight man crew, took off from Stratford upon Avon for a dual control and cross-country training flight. While flying in cloud and mist over the Lake District in Scotland, the aircraft failed to clear Red Pike and struck the rock face at 13.35 hours, killing all on board instantly. The aircraft appears to have impacted into the rock face only feet below the summit. The heat from the post-crash fire still marks the rock. Only small fragments of the aircraft remain today. The Wellington had a unique Barnes Wallis geodetic structure, which made it robust and able to continue to operate with severe damage but could not help the members of this fateful crew.","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46109999792405,"sku":"C1648","price":385.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/img_6284.jpg?v=1692842997"},{"product_id":"a-wwii-canadian-memorial-cross-group-to-402nd-squadron-c2838","title":"A Wwii Canadian Memorial Cross Group To 402Nd Squadron","description":" A WWII Canadian Memorial Cross Group to 402nd Squadron - 1939-45 Star; Defence Medal; Canadian Voluntary Service Medal with Overseas Clasp; 1939-45 War Medal; and Memorial Cross, George VI (SGT. G.E. CLARKE 10118). Naming is officially engraved on the MC and is suspended from a gold coloured bar with a silver and blue enamelled RCAF wings attached, while the medals are unnamed. Original ribbons, mounted a suspension with swing bar pinback, extremely fine. Accompanied by copies of his Attestation Papers, Service Records, Province of Ontario Certificate of Registration of Death, along with a newspaper obituary (dated March 17, 1943).  Footnote: George Edward Clarke was born on November 8, 1919 in Peterborough, Ontario, the son of Edward Sampson Clarke and Lillian E. Clarke of Toronto, Ontario. He had held down two jobs in his civilian life: a Delivery Boy for one year and a Collector for six months, before signing his RCAF Non-Permanent Active Air Force Attestation Paper on November 22, 1937 in Weston, Ontario, signing on for three years' service, stating that he had no previous military service, that he was Single and that his trade was that of Student. He was placed with No. 110 City of Toronto, Army Cooperation Squadron. The City of Toronto Squadron was originally No. 10 Army Cooperation Squadron, formed in October 1932, and was the RCAF's first auxiliary squadron. It acquired its Toronto affiliation in 1935 and a new numerical designation, \"110\", about two years later. Clarke attended the Annual Training Camp for fourteen days in 1938 and was discharged on April 19, 1939, so that he could re-enlist with the RCAF as a permanent airman and eventual overseas service. He re-attested with the RCAF, signing his Permanent Active Air Force Attestation Paper on April 21. 1939 in Toronto, signing on for five years' service, stating that he had served with No. 110 (AC) Squadron in Toronto from November 22, 1937 to April 19, 1939 (a total of one year and 149 days), that he was Single and that his trade was that of Aircraft Mechanic. He saw a number or rank advancements over the next three years, including Aircraftman 2nd Class (April 21, 1939), Aircraftman 1st Class (October 21, 1939), Leading Aircraftman (February 29, 1940), Corporal (April 15, 1941) and Sergeant (July 1, 1942). By September 1939, he was with No. 2 (AC) Squadron at Saint John, New Brunswick, then taken on strength by No. 10 (AC) Squadron at Ottawa in February 1940, soon finding himself on overseas service later that month. In England, he was taken on strength by No. 2 Canadian Squadron on January 1, 1941 (later re-designated as 402 Squadron), then struck off strength to 404 Squadron on November 28, 1941, and served at a number of bases in England. Clarke was a Sergeant (Flight Engineer) with No. 1659 Heavy Conversion Unit, RCAF Station Leeming, Yorkshire, when he was killed on March 10, 1943, his Halifax aircraft crashing at the southeast corner of the aerodrome. He died at the age of 23 and is buried at Ripon Cemetery, Yorkshire, England, Section H, Grave 367. He is listed on his Province of Ontario Certificate of Registration of Death as an Air Frame Mechanic, his death attributed to having been \"Killed in (a) flying accident\".","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46110054940949,"sku":"C2838","price":390.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/a_wwii_canadian__548af5b0582ec.jpg?v=1692843605"},{"product_id":"an-rcaf-memorial-group-for-a-1945-daylight-raid-over-essen-c2542","title":"An Rcaf Memorial Group For A 1945 Daylight Raid Over Essen","description":"An RCAF Memorial Group for a 1945 Daylight Raid Over Essen - 1939-1945 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp; War Medal 1939-1945; and Memorial Cross, George VI (J-17438 F\/O J.R. LATREMOUILLE). Naming is officially engraved on the MC, the others are un-named. Un-mounted, original ribbons on the six medals, the MC without ribbon and exhibiting light contact, the DM and CVSM with their cardboard boxes of issue, extremely fine. Accompanied by a vacant Medal Suspension Bar and a Royal Canadian Air Force Birks-Made Operations Wings Badge, Two Tour Version (sterling silver gilt, maker marked \"BIRKS\" and marked \"STERLING\" on the reverse, 13.5 mm x 38.5 mm, with dual screwbacks and support plate).\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFootnote: Joe Richard Latremouille was born on January 5, 1923 in Toronto, Ontario, the son of John Anthony Latremouille and Maude (nee Coates) Latremouille. He had two brothers, Edward and Warren, and two sisters, Audrey and Lorraine. He enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force on January 28, 1941. Later that year, he attended No. 1 Bombing \u0026amp; Gunnery School in Jarvis, Ontario, Course 28, from September 29 to November 8, 1941. Latremouille graduated as an Air Gunner, with Group Captain G.W. Watt, officer commanding at No. 1 B \u0026amp; G, pinning wings on the largest group of airmen to graduate from the school since its opening, stating \"Your work is done here but your most important work is just starting. You gunners have to protect the aircraft and fire on ground targets as well as attack enemy aircraft.\" In England, Latremouille was placed with 434 Squadron, flying bombing operations over Germany during the Second World War. The unit was first formed at RAF Tholthorpe, near Easingwold, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom on June 13 1943, flying the Handley Page Halifax Mk V. In May 1944, the unit received Halifax Mk IIIs to replace its Mk Vs. The Squadron was adopted by the Rotary Club of Halifax, Nova Scotia and to show its connection to the city, adopted the nickname \"Bluenose Squadron\", the common nickname for people from Nova Scotia and a tribute to the schooner Bluenose, with an image of the schooner appearing on the squadron badge. The Squadron moved to RAF Croft in December 1943 and was re-equipped with Avro Lancaster Mk Is and Mk Xs in December 1944. During the Second World War, the unit flew 198 missions, including 178 bombing, 17 mine laying, one diversionary and one sea search. This was made up of a total of 2,582 individual aircraft sorties, including 45 prisoner of war airlift sorties. It flew 14,622 operational flying hours and dropped 10,358 tons of bombs plus 255 mines. Aircraft in the Serial Number Range KB700 - KB999 were one of 300 Lancaster Mk Xs ordered from Victory Aircraft of Canada and delivered from September 1943 to March 1945 for ferrying to the United Kingdom. Up to KB774 were initially fitted with Merlin 38 engines and all subsequent models with Merlin 224 engines. KB834 was delivered to No. 434 Squadron in December 1944. During the Second World War, on March 11, 1945, the end was near for Nazi Germany as the allies were driving Hitler's forces of evil into forced retreat throughout what once was the Nazi's occupied fortress Europe. Seeking to cut off the vital German supply lines 1,079 allied aircraft, 750 Lancasters, 293 Halifaxes and 36 Mosquitos, all of Royal Air Force bomber groups, departed for a daylight operation on the city of Essen, Germany. This mission is recorded historically as the second largest bombing attack of the Second World War, surpassed only by the following night’s 1,108 plane attack on Dortmund. It was also one of the few daylight bombing missions the RAF was to have participated in. The enormous numbers of allied aircraft that were involved in this operation was reported by Air Force veterans who took part to be some eight miles long and some five miles wide. 4,661 tons of bombs were dropped on H2S navigational radar directed sky markers through complete cloud cover. The attack was accurate leaving Essen virtually in ruins until the American 9th Army took control over the city on April 10th. This was the last mission on Essen, which had been attacked many times in the early years of the war with such disappointing and costly results. Three Lancasters were lost on this Essen attack. Wing Commander Ralph Davenport's KB-853 of 431 Squadron with all crewmen lost, Flight Officer Eric Gibbins in NG-201 of 153 Squadron on their 26th operation with all aircrew lost and that of Flight Lieutenant Raymond John Fern of KB-834 of 434 Squadron. The last mission on Lancaster KB-834 began on the morning of March 11, 1945, as KB-834 was prepared for this Essen daylight operation by Royal Air Force ground personnel at its airfield base in Croft, England for what was to be its final fateful mission. The crew were all Canadian commissioned officers serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force, except the Flight Engineer, thirty-seven year old Pilot Officer William Jones of Liverpool, England, who was serving with the Royal Air Force.  He had served previously in 419 Squadron and was serving on his first tour. The rest of the crew were all serving on their second tours. This was a significant accomplishment for these airmen as RAF bomber losses in the war were staggeringly high, with records indicating bomber command having suffered 51% casualty rates. 434 Squadron in fact was known as the unlucky squadron for having had far higher casualty rates than the other squadrons. This was to be the Fern crew’s fifth operation and their third in a row in KB-834. From mid-February to mid-March, they had flown ten missions, targeting Dresden, Chemnitz, Dortmund, Duisburg, Pforzheim, Mainz, Neuss, Manheim, Chemnitz and Dessau, now were destined for Essen. Their primary mission objective on the Essen bombing attack was to destroy the railway supply yards and railway lines in the industrial heart of Germany, the city of Essen, to try to prevent the transfers of munitions and materials to the German war front by enemy rail cars. RAF records state Essen was second only to the capital city of Berlin in terms of total allied bomb tonage dropped during the war. Their mission began with a morning departure at 1138 hours with the Fern crew and Lancaster KB-834 lining up in takeoff formations with dozens of the other bombers on the three Croft runways. KB-834 was powered by four Rolls-Royce Packard Merlin 1,620 hp inline engines, which required the skilled piloting of Flight Lieutenant John Fern, who was highly regarded by his crew as being an experienced and excellent Lancaster pilot. After takeoff, they positioned into flight formation with the other bomber groups, with each crew member carefully checking over their bombers operations and equipment and their mission assignments. By this time in the war, the Germans actually knew when there was going to be an allied bombing attack, as they were able to pick up the wireless operators’ test transmissions before takeoff, thus allowing the Germans to ready their defences, hours in advance of the approaching bomber streams. No doubt this was a major contributing factor in the high numbers of RAF bomber losses. Navigating on board Lancaster KB-834 was Flight Lieutenant George Rowe DFC, who was one of 4,018 RAF airmen awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross Medal during the war. He was awarded the DFC on August 6, 1943, when he previously served with 432 Squadron 6 Group that was based at Eastmoor, Yorkshire, England, for acts of valour, courage and devotion to duty performed while flying In active operations against the enemy, as published in the London Gazette on August 17, 1943, the citation reading: “This officer has displayed high courage, ability and efficiency during many operational sorties over enemy territory. His outstanding skill as a Navigator has been an inspiration to his crew and, in a large measure, responsible for their success on operations. Pilot Officer Rowe, who has displayed gallantry and devotion to duty in the face of the heaviest opposition, has set up an excellent operational record.” Rowe set their course on to Essen, taking KB-834 with the RAF bomber streams straight south over England, then heading east over the straights of Dover and flying right across the English channel towards the northern coast of France. The bomber groups then travelled over France and Belgium, climbing steadily all the way, heavily loaded with their bombs and then into German airspace, reaching their scheduled bombing altitude heights of between 17,000 and 22,000 feet in an effort to avoid flak from the dangerous and accurate German anti-aircraft defences. The RAF bomber streams and KB-834 reached their objective target in the afternoon, over the Nazi war machine's railway supplies at Essen, at approximately 1522 hours, over complete cloud cover. This was now a very dangerous and focused time in the mission for these well-trained and experienced RAF airmen, as they were constantly on alert, not only for German fighters like the ME-109 attacking the bomber formations and exploding flak but also from falling ordnance released from the bombers flying at higher altitudes. Right up to this point in their mission anti-aircraft fire was not that heavy and they had not been attacked by any enemy aircraft. Two reasons likely accounted for the lack of German fighters present on this attack, heavy cloud cover and also, by March of 1945, the strength of the German's Luftwaffe and their airbases had been severely decimated. KB-834 carried a standard 10 bomb load ordnance consisting of the following, 1 blockbuster 4,000 lb bomb that resembled a long large barrel which crews called a cookie, 3 high explosive 1,000 lb bombs \u0026amp; 6 small bomb canisters. The SBC's carried either 236 x 4 lb or 24 x 30 lb fire starting incendiaries which were fuse-timed to explode 600 meters over the strike zones. The shell that hit on KB-834 also blew out all of the cockpit windows of the trailing Lancaster that was following about 100 feet behind and 50 feet above as reported by its crew upon returning safely to base in Croft. The aircraft was hit by Flak and crashed within seconds of completing its bombing run, plunging into the target area. Six members of the crew of seven were killed. In addition to J-17438 Flight Officer (Wireless Operator\/Air Gunner) Joe R. Latremouille of Toronto, Ontario, age 22, also lost were four other Royal Canadian Air Force airmen: J-15681 Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) Raymond John Fern of Christopher Lake, Saskatchewan, age 25; J-16574 Flight Lieutenant (Navigator) Alfred George Rowe DFC of Toronto, Ontario, age 24; J-18182 Flying Officer (Bombardier\/Bomb Aimer) Thomas Donovan Copeland of Dundalk, Ontario, age 25; J-18994 Flying Officer (Mid Upper Gunner) Gibson Scott of Vancouver, British Columbia, age 26; along with Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve airman, 185500 Pilot Officer (Flight Engineer) William T. Jones of Liverpool, England, age 37. The seventh member, Royal Canadian Air Force airman J-19723 Flying Officer (Rear Gunner) Joseph Alfred Henri Bernard “Ben” Marceau of Montreal, Quebec, age 24, survived the direct shell hit and the fiery decent and crash of his Lancaster, as the force of the explosion blew him right out of his armour-plated stripped FrazerNash40 rear turret. Falling from their bombing altitude height of 21,300 feet, severely wounded and unconscious he then came to at approximately 2,000 feet amidst heavy clouds. Incredibly he reached for and managed to grab and pull open his parachute cord and landed very heavily in a farmer’s field near Essen. Two Russian men who were very likely working in the fields as Prisoners of War forced labourers saw the airman parachute to the ground and rushed over to his aid. Marceau was badly injured in the legs, shoulders, eye and face and they helped the wounded Canadian by using his first aid kit to dress his wounds. He then gave them his two survival kits that he was carrying as he wanted the men to keep them, knowing that his capture was soon at hand as he could see that three German soldiers were running towards them from a distance away. When the soldiers arrived, they immediately searched him three times over for weapons or documents. Badly injured with wounds to the head and leg caused by the flak fire, he was taken to a local barracks where he was treated before being interrogated and then moved again. Dr. Otto Trush, the commanding officer of one of the hospitals Marceau was being treated in, was credited with possibly saving his life, as a very determined SS officer named Captain Schmidt identified him as an allied airman and attempted several times to try to have him released into the custody of the German Wehrmacht. This hospital officer was able to prevent this from happening, by arguing against it, stating that the Canadian airman was not fit to be transferred by the SS. Had the SS been successful in taking Marceau into their custody, he could very well have died from either neglect or he could have been executed by the Nazi Gestapo, as many other downed allied airmen had been. Marceau was very fortunate to have survived through this time, as an injured prisoner of war spending the next seven weeks in hospitals in Germany and in Belgium, before being liberated in the Ruhr by American forces just five days before Victory In Europe Day and the end of the war. He was invalided to the R.C.A.F. Wing at Queen Victoria Cottage Hospital, East Grinstead, Sussex for further treatment to his burns and injuries before returning to his wife in Canada, where he was to undergo many years of hospital treatment. The bodies of the six Lancaster KB-834 airmen were later recovered from Plot B at the Sud-West Friedhof and taken to the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery for burial. Latremouille is one of those buried there, Grave Reference: Joint Grave 1. B. 9-10. and is commemorated on page 533 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. He was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, the Air Crew Europe Star, the France and Germany Star, the Defence Medal, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp and the War Medal 1939-1945 for his war service. His mother, Maude Latremouille, received his Memorial Cross. In addition, the five deceased RCAF airmen, Flying Officer Latremouille, Flight Lieutenant Fern, Flight Lieutenant Rowe, Flying Officer Scott, Flying Officer Copeland and the surviving Flying Officer Marceau were all awarded Operational Wings for gallant service in action against the enemy and for courageously having completed thirty missions or more. In 2005, the five RCAF crewmembers of RAF Lancaster KB-834, who served and gave their lives in air operations during the Second World War had their names inscribed on Canada's new Bomber Command Memorial Wall at the Bomber Command Museum of Canada, in Nanton, Alberta.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46110308663573,"sku":"C2542","price":1150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/img_11_c8ea6a62-0052-4a82-9ae4-d4ca61c4d7ac.jpg?v=1692845758"},{"product_id":"a-birks-bar-memorial-group-to-pilot-cebrooks-rcaf-c1314","title":"A Birks Bar Memorial Group To Pilot C.e.brooks Rcaf","description":"A Birks Bar Memorial Group to Pilot C.E.Brooks RCAF - Defence Medal; 1939-1945 Star; France and Germany Star; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp; and War Medal 1939-1945. Unmounted, with original ribbons, in their boxes of issue, the CVSM box with Clasp envelope, extremely fine. Accompanied by an RCAF Pilot's Wings (three-colour embroidery, padded, 46 mm x 17 mm), two RCAF CANADA Shoulder Flashes (white embroidered lettering on bluish-gray wool, 21 mm x 72 mm each), an RCAF Cap Badge (bronze, unmarked, 40.5 mm x 45.5 mm, lugs bent over), a sweetheart photograph (black and white, mounted, in a Photomatic frame, 64.7 mm x 77.8 mm) and a CD containing forty-three pages with copies of his Computer Card (documenting the medals he was to receive), Index Cards, Attestation Papers, Service Records, Training Documents. Accident Investigation Documents, Will, Official RCAF Casualty Notification, Province of Ontario Certificate of Registration of Death, plus four photographs of Brooks in uniform.\nFootnote: Clare Edward Brooks was born on February 26, 1913 in Young's Point, Peterborough County, Ontario (25 km north of Peterborough), the son of William Edward Brooks and Helen Brooks (nee Kearney) of Young's Point. He had three brothers (Oswald, Adrian, Russell) and two sisters (Geraldine, Helen). He was educated at Young's Point Public School (1919-1927), Peterborough College (1927-1932), Peterborough Vocational (1932-1933, where he took a one year business course and a two year course in motor mechanics). After school, he took four jobs in the civilian world, including: Johnson Motors in the Service Department (1934-1936), Kawartha Marine Sales in Sales and Service (1936-1938), Greavelle Boates, Gravenhurst in Sales (1936-1940) and DeHavilland Aircraft as an Aero Engine Fitter (1941-1942). He signed an RCAF Officer's Application \u0026amp; Record Sheet on October 3, 1941, naming his next-of-kin as his father and that he was single. He later married Helen Francis McDiarmid on October 17, 1942 in Toronto, Ontario and had no children. Her father, 787632 William C. McDiarmid was a veteran of WWI with the 130th and 75th Battalions CEF. Brooks signed his RCAF Attestation Paper on May 21, 1942 in Toronto, Ontario, naming his next-of-kin as his father, William Edward Brooks, stating that he had no previous military service and his occupation as that of Aero Engine Fitter. He also stated that he had previously applied to the RCAF in December 1941, with a \"no action\" result. He was very interested in building and racing speed boats, and was active in skiing, swimming, hunting and skeet shooting. He began his RCAF career at Toronto R\/C on June 17, 1942 as an Aircraftman 2nd Class, before being transferred to IMD Toronto on September 9th. Later that year, he was transferred to \"M\" Depot at No. 4 Military District in Montreal, Quebec on November 6th. The year 1943 saw four more postings for Brooks while still training in Canada. The first was at No. 1 ITS in Toronto on January 9, 1943, where the Commanding Officer noted that Brooks was \"A keen, alert, aggressive airman with a fine competitive spirit. Dependable and resourceful, he instills confidence\" and noted \"Second Aircrew Recommendation: Air Bomber\". The second was at No. 20 EFTS (Elementary Flying Training School) at Oshawa, Ontario on March 21, 1943, where he was now a Leading Aircraftman and Pilot Officer, although it was noted that Brooks \"lacks a certain amount of confidence in the air. Slow to grasp instrument (unusual positions) and aerobatics (rolls).\" He transferred to No. 5 EFTS in Brantford, Ontario on May 16, 1943 and was \"Assessed Average\", awarded a Pilot's Flying Badge and achieved the rank of Temporary Sergeant on September 3, 1943. He was transferred to the east coast, to No. 1 \"Y\" Depot in Halifax, Nova Scotia on September 18, 1943, now a Pilot Officer. In his records, it was noted that \"This student could have stood higher in class standing if he had applied himself more diligently. Must develop his self-confidence. Has average ability in flying and at ground school.\" He embarked New York on October 12, 1943, arrived in the United Kingdom on the 19th and was sent to Bournemouth. He was struck off strength of 3PRC to No. 11 AFU at Shawbury on December 7, 1943, where he was \"Assessed Average\". He saw four other postings while in the United Kingdom: at No. 1534 Bat. Flt. at Shawbury, where he was \"Assessed Average\"; transferred to No. 83 OTU at Peplow on April 11, 1944, listed as \"Average\"; to No. 1662 Con. Unit at Blyton, listed as \"Average\"; and at No. 1 LFS at Hemswell, listed as \"Good Average\". Brooks was taken on strength of 101 (RAF) Squadron on August 31, 1944, noted for a \"quiet air of enthusiasm and his keenness to fly\". Two weeks later, at the age of 31, he was piloting a Lancaster III PB. 456 \"D\", with Merlin 38's engines, as a member of a crew of seven, four from the RCAF and three from the RAF, carrying out a cross-country night training flight over the British Isles, when the plane crashed at 10:10 PM on the night of September 13, 1944, three miles east of the village of Drymen, southeast of Loch Lomond, Stirlingshire, near Dumbarton. Brooks was initially listed as \"missing\" but was later found and declared killed \"instantaneously\". Killed were J\/35328 Flying Officer C.E. Brooks RCAF (pilot), 1869923 Sergeant F.A.W. Blerkom RAF, 1620148 Sergeant E. Foweather RAF (navigator), J\/36869 Flying Officer L.G. Peardon RCAF, 915488 Flying Sergeant Y.J. Ward RAF, R\/205581 Sergeant J.R. Stokes RCAF, and R\/222387 Sergeant J. Watt RCAF (rear turret). A Report on Flying Accident or Forced Landing Not Attributed to Enemy Action was registered and begun on September 14, 1944 but little was added to it. Brooks' body was recovered and was buried at Dumbarton Cemetery, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, Section G, Extension 5, Bank 22, Grave 160. In a letter from G.E.J. Welsh, Squadron Leader, for Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, RCAF Overseas to Brook's wife Helen, he expressed condolences and forwarded her photographs taken at his funeral and at his grave site. His funeral took place at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Chapel, Dumbarton, Scotland on September 19, 1944. A mass was held the evening before and the day of the funeral, the funeral itself attended by the Commanding Officer, Station Adjutant, Assistant Adjutant, in addition to over 100 airmen and NCOs, along with 300 civic officials and civilians, all paying their respects, accompanied by a pipe and drum band. In a Proceedings of Court of Inquiry or Investigation, dated September 22, 1944 at RAF Ludford Magna, Ludford, Lincolnshire, England, the Court called twelve witnesses. It was noted during the inquiry that the weather conditions were \"Fine\" at 19:05 the date of the accident, at the point of departure at Ludford Magna, However, by 22:10 at the crash site near Drymen, the visibility was one mile but very hazy and \"poor\" light. The Court presented evidence of Brook's hours of experience within six months of the accident (on a Wellington (Day \u0026amp; Night: Dual 11, Solo 28; Night: Dual 10, Solo 29); on a Halifax (Day \u0026amp; Night: Dual 6, Solo 20; Night: Dual 1, Solo 13); on a Lancaster (Day \u0026amp; Night: Dual 4, Solo 9; Night: Dual 2, Solo 4), along with the notes made of his academic achievements and flying experience while training in Canada and the United Kingdom (as noted above). The official Report stated that \"The aircraft was on fire and appears to have broken up before hitting the ground. The majority of the wreckage and the bodies lie in a N.E. direction except for the rear turret and the two engines which lie approximately 400 yds East of the main wreckage. Sgt. Foweather the navigator has his parachute pack clipped into his harness when found.\" The Court drew two Conclusions: (a) \"The aircraft dived through the cloud on fire heading a South Westerly direction, breaking up shortly before hitting the ground. The rear section of the fuselage, minus the rear turret appears to have falled (fallen) off before the aircraft hit the ground, also the mid upper turret. How the rear turret came to be in the position it was found is impossible to tell. Parts of the wreckage are scattered over a distance of approximately 2 miles from the main wreckage.\" and (b) \"From the evidence of witnesses it is certain that the aircraft was in flames for some time before crashing. It was first seen by witnesses at 2,000 feet when it appeared beneath the cloud. As the aircraft was detailed to fly at 20,000 feet we presume that the fire started as (at) this height but it is impossible to state exactly where the fire started. All the engines are under ground and efforts are being made to salvage them for inspection. The aircraft appears to have started to break up shortly before hitting the ground, possibly due to the fire and the severe stresses imposed in the descent from 20,000 feet. The main wreckage is still partially submerged and it is impossible to decide whether the fire extinguishing appliances were used. Group Captain Brummond of A.I.B. carried out a thorough investigation of the crash, but we have been unable to contact him. A report from him would possibly throw some light as to the cause of the crash.\" In his Report, the Commanding Officer stated \"Obviously fire occurred in the air, and the distribution of the wreckage and bodies suggests that the aircraft exploded before hitting the ground. It is impossible to determine at what height the fire started or to offer any explanation as to why no member of the crew escaped by parachute.\" The Group Commander and Commander-in-Chief both agreed with the Conclusions of the Court, the latter also on record with agreeing with the Commanding Officer's Report. In his Will, dated September 10, 1942 at Toronto, it stated that \"I Give, Devise and Bequeath my whole estate to my mother\", and in the event of her death, it was to go to his father. Brooks had a $50 Victory Bond registered with the Bank of Montreal in Toronto and was insured with London Life in the amount of $103.76. The Estates Branch document stated that his wife had said F\/O Brooks had taken out a $100 Bond while overseas in April 1944 but as of the filing of the document, she had not received the Bond. In addition to his five WWII medals presented here, his wife, Mrs. C.E. Brooks (Helen) of Norland, Ontario received his Memorial Cross, as did his mother, Mrs. W.E. (Helena) Brooks of Young's Point, Ontario.","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46110353654037,"sku":"C1314","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/32_9708befd-0f7e-486e-b507-08b9ba678e86.jpg?v=1692846150"},{"product_id":"a-memorial-group-to-pilot-officer-treadwell-rcaf-c1482","title":"A Memorial Group To Pilot Officer Treadwell Rcaf","description":"The Memorial Group to Pilot Officer Treadwell - Pilot Officer J. N. Treadwell, Royal Canadian Air Force, who was killed in a reconnaissance flight over the Bay of Fundy, off St. John, in February 1943\n1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Canadian Voluntary Service Medal 1939-45, with overseas clasp; War Medal, silver, together with the recipient’s Canadian Memorial Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘P.O. J. N. Treadwell, R 13747’, extremely fine.  Footnote\" John Nathan Treadwell was born in St. John, New Brunswick, on 6 April 1917. A District Representative for the General Motors Corporation at London, Ontario, he enlisted in the Canadian Fusiliers in January 1941, but transferred to the Royal Canadian Air Force after completion of his basic training that August. Having then qualified as an Observer, he was commissioned as a Pilot Officer and posted to No. 113 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron (R.C.A.F.) at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, in January 1943. A few weeks later, on 26 February, and having completed around a dozen patrols, his Hudson was seen to burst into flames and dive into the water of the Bay of Fundy - four days earlier the repair logs for the aircraft had noted a badly leaking engine primer. The son of James and Rose Treadwell, and the husband of Mary Treadwell, he was 25 years of age and has no known grave, being commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial; sold with copied service papers.","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46110486495509,"sku":"C1482","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/img_5210_copy.jpg?v=1692847317"},{"product_id":"a-canadian-second-war-medal-group-of-three-c2456","title":"A Canadian Second War Medal Group Of Three","description":"A Canadian Second War Medal Group of Three - Defence Medal; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; and War Medal 1939-1945. Mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback, as worn by the veteran, original ribbons, light contact and surface wear, very fine.","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46111274336533,"sku":"C2456","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/img_02_7593dd5f-ba49-4bac-928a-1cdc459a9048.jpg?v=1692849455"},{"product_id":"a-second-war-memorial-birks-bar-to-the-royal-22nd-regiment-c2669","title":"A Second War Memorial Birks Bar To The Royal 22Nd Regiment","description":"A Second War Memorial Birks Bar to the Royal 22nd Regiment - Sterling silver, officially engraved (SDT. P. Racicot \/ R. 22e R. \/ MORT POUR LA PATRIE \/ 12 JANVIER 1942), 14.5 mm x 67 mm, light contact, extremely fine.\n \nFootnote: E\/4816 Private (Soldat) Paul, Racicot Royal 22nd Regiment (Royal 22e Regiment) died on January 12, 1942. He is buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Brookwood, Surrey, England, Grave Reference: 36. D. 1. and is commemorated on page 108 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46111666143509,"sku":"C2669","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/img_02_bc9e16b0-3a20-412e-9941-e523962047d6.jpg?v=1692850277"},{"product_id":"a-canadian-memorial-group-to-spitfire-pilot-downed-over-yugoslavia-c2885","title":"A Canadian Memorial Group To Spitfire Pilot Downed Over Yugoslavia","description":"A Canadian Memorial Group to Spitfire Pilot Downed Over Croatia (Yugoslavia) - Defence Medal; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp; War Medal 1939-1945; and Memorial Cross (F.L. F.C. BREMNER J16540). Naming is officially engraved on the MC, the others are un-named. Un-mounted, the MC suspended from a 16 mm x 43.3 mm silver and enamelled RCAF wings with pinback, original ribbons, extremely fine. Accompanied by a CD containing thirty pages with copies of his Index Cards, Medals Award Computer Card, Attestation Paper, Service Records, Department of National Defence Estates Branch Document, Province of Ontario Registration of Death, letters of reference, various correspondence, along with a Photograph of his Grave Marker in Yugoslavia. \n \nFootnote: Frank Cecil Bremner was born on December 21, 1921 in Toronto, Ontario, the son of David Edward Bremner and Louis Bremner. His paternal grandfather, David Alexander Bremner, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and was an Electrical Engineer by trade, travelling the world. He was employed at Port Said, Egypt with the Suez Canal Company, before moving on to Borough of Kimberley, South Africa, working in the iron works and gold mines. It was here that he met and married Minnie Upton, an English girl living there, then moved back to England. During the First World War, he was the Head of the Aluminum Section of the Ministry of Munitions and for his service, was made a the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). He went on to become well known in British Engineering circles. While he was still in South Africa, his first son, David Alexander Bremner (same name), was born in Kimberley in 1890. The son also travelled a great deal, later coming to Winnipeg, Manitoba, supposedly to farm. He returned home, only to return to Canada, taking work with the Canadian National Railway in British Columbia. While there, he met and married Louise Corneliussen (Corneliaisjen), a native of Norway, marrying on September 5, 1915 in Kamloops, British Columbia. His first child was born in 1916 in Toronto, a daughter, Sonja. Near the end of the First World War, he served with the Royal Air Force, from January 1918 to December 31, 1919. He is not noted his records as being married and it states that he was living permanently in England, presumably at his father's house. It is believed that Louise was in Toronto, as after the war, he set sail for New York on May 21, 1919, with Toronto as his final destination. His first son, David Alexander Edward Bremner, was born in 1920 in the United Kingdom, but Orillia, Ontario has also been mentioned as his birthplace. His brother, Frank Cecil Bremner was born the following year, 1921. Frank was educated at Toronto Runnymede School, from 1928 to 1935, then at Humberside Collegiate, from 1935 to 1940, where he achieved Junior and Senior Matriculation over the five years and successfully graduating. While at Humberside, he served for one year with the Cadet Corps. Once the children had grown to adulthood, the family moved to Tillsonburg, Ontario, where their father, David, took a job working for the National Employment Service (retiring in 1958, passing away in 1965). Their mother, Louise, would live until 1990, passing away at the age of 102. Frank Bremner took a job as a Shell Packer at Ingersoll Machine and Tool in 1940, before enlisting with the Royal Canadian Air Force, signing his Attestation Paper (J\/16540) on August 14, 1940, in London, Ontario, for the Duration of the War, naming his next-of-kin as his father, stating that he had no previous military service, that his occupation was that of Student and that his interests were in amateur photography, rugby, swimming, tennis, skating. He was subsequently placed in the rank of Aircraftman 2nd Class. Bremner officially enlisted at No. 1 Military District in Toronto, Ontario on December 12, 1940, then posted to No. 1 A Military District at Picton, Ontario on February 7, 1941. A little over two months later, he was posted to No. 1 Wireless School at Montreal, Quebec on April 16th, then posted one week later to No. 3 Initial Training School at Victoriaville, Quebec on April 23, 1941. In his RCAF Report on Pupil Pilot - Flying and Ground Training, he scored 385 out of 500 (77%) in total marks and finished 43rd of 147 in his class, with his instructors recommending him for training as a Pilot. Frank Bremner was described as a \"Quiet, serious type, always interested in flying. Very patriotic.\" and noted that his brother was also with the RCAF and that his father had served with the RAF during the First World War. Five weeks later, he was posted to No. 4 Elementary Flying Training School at Windsor Mills, Quebec on May 28, 1941, where he was named Leading Aircraftman and by the summer, had advanced far enough in his training, to allow him to be posted to No. 9 Service Flying Training School at Summerside, Prince Edward Island on July 16th, where he earned his Pilot's Flying Badge and named Flight Sergeant on September 25, 1941. He was transferred to No. 1 Y Depot at Halifax, Nova Scotia on September 27, 1941 and posted to the Royal Air Force Training Pool on November 11th, for service overseas, embarking Canada the following day. His older brother, David, had previously joined the Royal Canadian Air Force (R\/71701) before Frank. David trained at Uplands, just outside Ottawa, on Harvards and was sent to the United Kingdom, to train at Catterick Airfield in North Yorkshire, England. He died as the result of a flying accident aboard a Spitfire, on October 23, 1941, at the age of 21, while serving with No. 131 Squadron, Royal Air Force, three weeks before Frank left for overseas. David Bremner is buried at Atchan (St. Eata) Churchyard, Shropshire, United Kingdom, Grave Reference: Row N. Grave 9. David Bremner is commemorated on page 24 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. After over three months in England, Frank Bremner was posted to No. 5 Personnel Despatch Centre at Padgate on March 3, 1942, then posted two weeks later to No. 4 Personnel Despatch Centre at Blackpool on March 17th. One week later, he was transferred to No. 55 Operational Training Unit on March 24th, destined for overseas action in the Middle East. He arrived at the RAF base in Takoradi, Ghana on April 20, 1942. The base incorporated various buildings, which had been commandeered and had had a large landing strip laid down. This was proved to be the secret route to get Fighter Aircraft to the Desert War in North Africa, without which that war could not have been won. Twenty-four days after arriving at Takoradi, he was in air transit to the Middle Eastern theatre on May 14th. Frank Bremner was named Temporary Flying Officer on June 11th, then posted for one week to No. 1 Multi-Engined Training Squadron on June 28, 1942, where he was named Temporary Flying Sergeant on July 1st. He was posted to No. 22 Personal Transit Centre on July 3rd, before returning to No. 1 Multi-Engined Training Squadron on August 9th. The following week he was transferred to No. 94 Squadron (RAF) on August 16th, named Temporary Warrant Officer 2nd Class on September 25th and commissioned as a Pilot Officer on December 10th. The early Summer of 1943 would see Bremner posted to No. 3 Recovery and Salvage Unit for training with 243 Wing on May 14, 1943, then eight days later, transferred to his final unit, No. 73 Squadron (RAF) onMay 22nd and named Acting Flight Lieutenant. While with No. 73 Squadron, Royal Air Force, on June 26, 1944, Frank Bremner was flying a Spitfire (ER.914) in a mission over Yugoslavia. He was soon declared \"missing whilst engaged on active operations against the enemy\", as he had been \"engaged on strafing from a low level, an enemy aerodrome\". He had \"succeeded in destroying several aircraft on the ground when it is believed that he must have been hit by enemy flak.\" None of the other pilots knew he was missing until he failed to formulate for the homeward trip. Frank Bremner was remembered as \"modest and unassuming but always cheerful and set a wonderful example of pluck, endurance and the will to fight, to the whole squadron\" and as \"a skillful, capable pilot and a first rate leader.\" A Searcher Party operating in Yugoslavia located the grave of a British Pilot in Mirogoi Cemetery, Zagreb. According to local civilians, he was the pilot of one of three Spitfires which flew very low over Zagreb in a westerly direction, on June 26, 1944. It was hit by a German missile gun (flak) and crashed near Rudes between 16.30 and 17.00 hours. The initial date of his death was stated as the July 27th, but an error occurred as a result of the fact that the body was removed from the aircraft the day after the crash. The aircraft wreckage was moved the day after the crash, and therefore, they could not accurately confirm the aircraft's number as stated by civilians (ER.129), which was likely wrong. The remains of the pilot were concentrated to Belgrade British Military Cemetery, Plot 5, Row A, Grave 9. Upon exhumation, the only means of identification found were three upper false teeth as a gold mounting, with a dental mark imposed on the metal plate behind the teeth. Strangely enough, he has a grave marker in the same cemetery in England as his brother, leading to speculation that the body might have possibly been moved there later on, or that his parents asked for a second marker to be placed in England beside his brother's. Frank Bremner died on June 26, 1944, at the age of 22, and is commemorated on page 257 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. His father later noted in the Department of National Defence Estates Branch Document, that young Frank had intended to return to Tillsonburg after the war. The Province of Ontario Registration of Death for Frank Bremner states that he had been \"Previously reported missing after air operations, now for official purposes, presumed dead\" as the result of an \"Accident\" and \"Presumed killed during air operations\" overseas in Yugoslavia. His personal effects were returned to the standing Committee of Adjustment, then forwarded to his parents, as noted by D.W. Golding, Major Commanding No. 73 Squadron RAF. His father, David, was in denial, convinced that his son was not dead. In a letter addressed to the Secretary, Department of National Defence for Air, Ottawa, Ontario in 1945, he wrote: \"I do not understand why your department persists in referring to my son as Flying Officer when he was given the rank of Flight Lieut. many months ago, in fact some time before he was reported as missing. My son Frank Cecil Bremner is very much alive and by no means to be considered dead, the following is an extract from a letter written by my Father in London England dated January 9th\/1945. Cecil's son, Major D.C. Bremner of the 5th Batt, \"The Buffs\" had just come home from 23 days leave after 2 1\/2 years fighting in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. He is the only survivor of the officers who went out with the battalion and he was wounded in Tunisia. As promised he made inquiries of all R.A.F. officers on the ship coming home and by a most fortunate chance he met a F\/Lt. named Miller, who when asked if he knew F\/Lt. Frank Bremner replied that he was one of his best friends and that he (Miller) was flying just behind him when it crashed in Jugoslavia. They were in the same squadron attacking an enemy aerodrome in Jugoslavia. (I understand) and Frank insisted on flying 3 times over their objectives and in the end was brought down by flak. He crashed but by God's mercy his plane did not catch fire, then were seen to rush to plane - presumably to save the pilot - and they were believed to be local partizans or guerrillas. I think this must have been so because his comrades heard afterwards that Frank was alive and had escaped with a broken leg. Having regard to all these circumstances it is not unreasonable to hope that dear Frank will turn up in British lines in the not too distant future. We earnestly pray for your dear sakes and our own sakes that this may be so. Miller told young Cecil that Frank was a very brave and skillful pilot and was highly regarded and loved in his squadron.\" Frank Bremner was posthumously awarded the 1939-1945 Star, the Africa Star with North Africa 1942-1943 Clasp, the Italy Star, the Defence Medal, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp and the War Medal 1939-1945, the later three included here, the three Stars having been lost to time. His Memorial Cross was forwarded to his mother, Louise, on January 22, 1946.\n \n \n ","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46112407453973,"sku":"C2885","price":1650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/a_canadian_memor_549884dfa1320.jpg?v=1692851381"},{"product_id":"a-wwii-memorial-cross-group-to-flight-sergeant-charles-e-paquin-c2997","title":"A Wwii Memorial Cross Group To Flight Sergeant Charles E. Paquin","description":"A WWII Memorial Cross Group to Flight Sergeant Charles E. Paquin - Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp; and War Medal 1939-1945. Un-mounted, with original ribbons. Accompanied by his Memorial Cross, ERII (R-59019 F\/SGT. C.E. PAQUIN). Naming is officially engraved on the MC, with bar suspension. Both medals and the cross with dark patinas, the medals with their cardboard boxes of issue, the MC with its hardshelled case of issue, extremely fine. Accompanied by copies of his Service Award Computer Card (confirming his award of the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp and the War Medal 1939-1945), Medals and Memorials - Deceased Personnel Index Card, Attestation Paper, Service Records, Department of National Defence Official Duty Letter for Proceeding to the United States of America (dated May 13, 1944), Dominion of Canada - Medical Services Case Sheet (Specialist Report, dated September 11, 1944), RCAF Medical Board Proceedings Report (dated September 12, 1944), Department of Pensions and National Health Service Interview Summary (dated September 29, 1944) and Discharge Certificate.\n \nFootnote: Charles Edward Paquin was born on April 7, 1913 in St. Boniface, Manitoba, the son of Frederic Paquin and Olivine Paquin (nee Bibeau). HIs early education included Oblate Sisters' School for Boys (1920 to 1924) and St. Boniface College (1924 to 1928), where he achieved a Grade Eleven education. After the completion of his schooling, he was employed as a Teamster beginning in 1933, working for his father under contract work for the City of St. Boniface, until 1936, when they lost the contact. During this time, he took a wife, marrying Mary Paquin (nee Bodnarchuk), on November 9, 1935. They were later to have one child together, a daughter, Helene Olivine Marie Paquin. He was then employed as a Sausage Maker with Canada Packers in St. Boniface for five months, from May 1937 to October 1937, but lost his job due to lack of work. The following Summer, he sought employment with the City of St. Boniface as a Labourer and would hold the position for the next seven months, from June 1939 to December 1939, when he finished his term of work. Paquin enrolled in a course in Electricity and Radio with the Dominion Provincial Vocational Training School in St. Boniface on February 1, 1940, finishing the course successfully and graduating as a \"Radio Electrician\" on May 20th. As a hobby, he had always been interested in radio, as well as participating in fishing, swimming and skating. Paquin was a resident of St. Boniface when he enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force, signing his RCAF Attestation Paper, on May 28, 1940, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, at the age of 27, stating that he had no previous military service, that he was married to Mary Paquin (later of Toronto, Ontario) and that he was \"Unemployed\". He was bilingual, in that he could both read and write English and French and stated his citizenship as \"French-Canadian\". He began his service in the RCAF as an Aircraftman 2nd Class, striving to become a Wireless Operator, Ground (WOG). He was transferred to No. 1 Manning Depot in Toronto on June 5th, before being posted to No. 1 Wireless School in Montreal, Quebec on November 9th. It was here that he was secured as a Wireless Mechanic Group \"A\", the highest standard in his trade. He was to see a series of promotions in 1941 and 1942, including: to Aircraftman 1st Class (June 23, 1941), to Acting Corporal (November 1, 1941), to Leading Aircraftman (January 1, 1942), to Temporary Corporal (February 1, 1942) and to Temporary Sergeant (July 1, 1942). After twenty-eight months at No. 1 Wireless School, he was posted for the next five months to No. 3 Training Command Headquarters in Montreal, in a teaching capacity, as a Technical Advisor under the Wartime Emergency Training Program (WETP), on March 14, 1943, before being transferred to Eastern Air Command Headquarters in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on August 12, 1943. It was here that he was promoted to Temporary Flight Sergeant, on November 1, 1943. In early May 1944, he was posted to RCAF Headquarters in Ottawa, for transfer to the United States, in order to attend a course of instruction at the Federal Telephone Company in Newark, New Jersey. He departed Ottawa on May 13, 1944, with an expected return date of October 30th. While in the New York area, he began to develop symptoms of shortness of breath and swelling of the ankles, along with chest pain. After a brief hospitalization, he made a hasty return to Canada on July 31st, for treatment at RCAF Station Rockcliffe. In his Dominion of Canada - Medical Services Case Sheet (Specialist Report), dated September 11, 1944, at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, the doctor stated that \"This senior N.C.O. has a history suggestive of rheumatic fever in childhood without any further trouble until he was on a course in New York during the spring of this year. About May 20 1944 he began to develop symptoms of shortness of breath and swelling of the ankles. Also attacks of constricting precordial (chest) pain. He was admitted to hospital in Newark, New Jersey. No report is available of their findings. In June 1942 on routine examination his heart disease was discovered. He was told at that time to restrict his activities. The patient has been admitted to this hospital for investigation and assessment.\" It was also noted that he was \"A rather obese appearing healthy male.\", with an enlarged heart. The cardiologist determined that Paquin had \"rheumatic heart disease with early enlargement and probably both mitral aortic valvular damage.\" and was determined \"not fit for duty\". In his RCAF Medical Board Proceedings Report, dated September 12, 1944, at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, he stated that he felt it \"difficult go to sleep at night.\", that he felt \"well during the day, while working, but after meals\" he got \"cramps\", on the \"left side underneath the heart\". He was often \"short of breath\", with his \"ankles and hands getting puffy\" and a \"sort of stiffness and tingling\" in his fingers. He was \"conscious of (his) heart beating and at night it 'shakes' the bed.\" Two and a half weeks later, he was re-assessed in Montreal. In his Department of Pensions and National Health Service Interview Summary, dated September 29, 1944, the examiner noted that Paquin was officially diagnosed with \"Rheumatic Heart Disease with Mitral Insufficiency and Aortic Regurgitation\". The examiner noted that Paquin had been previously employed by the Department of Vocational Training as an Instructor in Radio and Electronics in General and had directly been connected and instructing in Radio for the past four years. He had acted as a Technical Advisor under the Wartime Emergency Training Program (WETP). It was noted that he was a \"competent mature intelligent personality, who has held responsible positions in the RCAF connected with his trade. Service career has been very good - generally a much above average type.\" and that he was an \"ambitious type\". Paquin had plans after the war to continue studies, leading to a BSc, the examiner noting that he \"Would surely take advantage of any opportunity offered him.\" and that he came \"Highly recommended.\" Paquin was discharged on Medical Grounds and transferred to the General Section of the Reserve, Class \"E\", at No. 3 Training Command Discharge Unit, in Montreal, on November 6, 1944, entitled to wear the War Service Badge, number 109682. For his Second World War Service, he was awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp and the War Medal 1939-1945. He died on October 11, 1958, at the age of 45. Memorial Crosses were issued to his widow, Mrs. Mary Paquin, on April 30, 1959 and to his mother, Mrs. Olivine Paquin, on May 20, 1959.","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46112753451285,"sku":"C2997","price":215.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/a_wwii_memorial__54d8d3f147ac3.jpg?v=1692851922"},{"product_id":"a-erii-memorial-cross-to-group-captain-hubert-o-mcdonald-rcaf-c3992","title":"A Erii Memorial Cross To Group Captain Hubert O. Mcdonald Rcaf","description":"\u003cp\u003eERII (G-1334 G\/C H.O. McDONALD). Naming is officially impressed. Very crisp detail, light contact, near extremely fine. Accompanied by copies of his Service Records, his WWII Officers Application and Record Sheet (dated September 6, 1939 at Toronto), a letter of confirmation from the Inter-Alled Commission of the Repatriation of Prisoners of War, Headquarters, American Commissioner (dated January 10, 1919 at Berlin) and various other correspendence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFootnote: Hubert Orr McDonald was born on October 31, 1896 in Arnprior, Renfrew, Ontario. He was educated at Kent Street Public School, Ottawa (1902-1909). He left Canada for further education in Europe, being prepared for Cambridge at Laleham, Margate, England (1909-1912), taking a French course at La Villette, Yverdon, Switzerland (1912-1913) and a German course at Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany (1913-1914), just before the outbreak of hostilities, at the young age of 18. With World War I in full swing, he was named Lieutenant (Platoon Commander) with the 59th Regiment (Militia) on December 1915, remaining in the position until June 1916. He took courses in Musketry (Instructor) 1916, Machine Gun (Instructor) 1916 and Ground \u0026amp; Pilot 1916. He is also documented as a Lieutenant (Machine Gun Officer) with the 230th Infantry Battalion in June 1916 but it is unclear as to how long he remained at the position. McDonald then joined the Royal Flying Corps\/Royal Air Force as a Lieutenant, and later Captain (Pilot), from 1916 to 1919. He flew various aircraft, including Vickers, F.E. 8, Martinsyde, Bristol Fighter, two-seater Sopwith, Sopwith Pup, Camel. He lost his log book when he was taken prisoner on July 29, 1917. McDonald was Mentioned in Despatches in the London Gazette on December 16, 1919 for \"valuable service whilst in capitivity\". Upon his repatriation, he was named Captain, Aide de Camp, British Military Mission, Berlin, Germany for the Royal Air Force in 1919. Flight Lieutenant McDonald did not proceed to Berlin from England upon the termintion of hostilities but served on the mission in Germany upon release as a prisoner of war. It is felt that this fact may account for the disparity between the officer's continued claim that he was in the position that he actually held after the war, versus the records available from the Air Ministry. He was promoted to Captain while in Berlin and was unaware of such, until assuming his civilian life. He relinquished his commission and was permitted to retain the rank of Lieutenant on September 1, 1921. McDonald sought employment in the civilian world, landing a Technical job with Massey-Harris Company (1919-1922). He later took a position as a Bond Salesman with four firms: Canada Bond Corporation (1922-1924), National City Company (1924-1928), Fry, Mills, Spence and Company (1928-1931) and Bell, Gouinlock and Company (1931-1938). It was during his time with Fry, Mills, Spence that he married Sheila McDonald (nee Higgins) on September 13, 1930. He was with Cochran, Murray and Company (1938-1939), as a Managerof the United States Department when he returned to military service with the Royal Canadian Air Force. C-1334 McDonald signed his RCAF Officers Application and Record Sheet on September 6, 1939 in Toronto, Ontario, applying for appointment to the \"Reserve of Officers, RCAF (Non-Flying List)\" and to the \"Auxiliary Active Air Force (Special List) (General List) (Non-Flying List)\". He had three postings during his World War II service: Air Training Command, at Toronto on September 12, 1939, No. 3 Training Command, at Montreal on April 15, 1940 and No. 1 Manning Depot, at Toronto on February 22, 1942, where he was Commanding Officer. He attained eight rank appointments and promotions from September 12, 1939 to November 1, 1943, including Acting Flight Lieutenant (A\/F\/L), Temporary Flight Lieutenant (T\/F\/L), Acting Squadron Leader (A\/S\/L), Temporary Squadron Leader (T\/S\/L), Acting Wing Commander (A\/W\/C), Temporary Wing Commander (T\/W\/C), Acting Group Captain (A\/G\/C) and Temporary Group Captain (T\/G\/C). While at Manning Depot as Commanding Officer, the depot was awarded honourable mention in the competition for the Minister's Pennant twice (January 1 to March 31, 1943 and April 1 to June 30, 1943). McDonald himself was an exceptional officer, as it was noted that he \"worked extremely hard, keen, conscientious and possesess a good personality. Painstaking in his work and a good organizer. Has the ability to assist and train other personnel. Good reliable officer.\" His health was in question in the latter part of his war service. In a letter from T.K. McDougall, Group Captain, to J.G. Godsoe, Chairman, Wartime Industries Control Board, Ottawa, it was noted that McDonald was being \"retired on medical grounds\", as a medical board categorized him as \"ApBp\" as a result of \"Coronary Thrombosis\" on May 5, 1944. Coronary thrombosis is a form of thrombosis (formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel, obstructing the flow of blood through the circulatory system) affecting the coronary circulation (circulation of blood in the blood vessels of the heart muscle). McDoanld died on April 17, 1957, with his widow, Sheila, receiving his Memorial Cross and leaving behind two children, Patricia and Robert. His records show that he was entitled to War Medal 1939-1945, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and the WWII War Service Badge (number 064694).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46117520474389,"sku":"C3992","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/m_994.jpg?v=1692857281"},{"product_id":"canada-an-rcaf-memorial-group-crashed-in-the-fraser-river-1943-c3798rl1","title":"Canada. An Rcaf Memorial Group, Crashed In The Fraser River 1943","description":"Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal 1939-1945; and Memorial Cross, GVIR (F.S. D.J. CASSELMANN R-53552). Naming is engraved on the MC, the war medals are un-named. Court-mounted, original ribbons on the war medals, light contact, near extremely fine.\n\nFootnote: R53552 Flight Sergeant Donald John Casselman was the son of Lorne Casselman and Lucy Casselman of Morrisburg, Ontario and the husband of Winnifred Casselman of Montreal, Quebec. He was an Aero Engine Mechanic with No. 8 (RCAF) Squadron, stationed at RCAF Station Sea Island in Vancouver, British Columbia. The squadron was mobilized on the September 10, 1939 as No. 8 (GR) Squadron at Sydney, Nova Scotia, then re-designated Bomber Reconnaissance (BR) at the end of October 1939. Equipped with Northrop Deltas and Bristol Bolingbrokes, the squadron was tasked with anti-submarine duty while serving with RCAF Eastern Air Command. In December 1941, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the squadron was moved to RCAF Station Sea Island on the west coast of Canada as part of RCAF Western Air Command. In June 1942, in response to the Japanese attack on the Aleutians, it was moved to Alaska flying the Bristol Bolingbroke V as part of RCAF X Wing, operating from Elmendorf Army Airfield (Anchorage), with small detachments stationed at Naval Air Station Kodiak and Marks Air Force Base (Nome). The squadron returned to RCAF Station Sea Island in March 1943. Flight Sergeant Casselman was aboard a Bollingbroke aircraft, number 9072, on April 24, 1943, when it crashed in the Fraser River, one mile west of Mission, British Columbia, killing him, at the age of 34. His body was returned to his native Morrisburg, where he was buried in Morrisburg (Fairview) Cemetery, Grave Reference: Lot 35. Plot 23D. He is commemorated on page 144 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.\n\n","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46129926144277,"sku":"C3798.RL1","price":245.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/a_169_1.jpg?v=1692895015"},{"product_id":"canada-commonwealth-a-birks-memorial-royal-hamilton-light-infantry-dieppe-casualty-c3840rl3","title":"Canada, Commonwealth. A Birks Memorial, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry \u0026 Dieppe Casualty","description":"Sterling silver, officially engraved (PTE. C.W. MCBRIDE \/ R.H.L.I. \/ DIED IN HIS COUNTRY'S SERVICE \/ 19 AUG. 1942), 14.5 mm x 67 mm, extremely fine. Footnote: Clarence Wilson McBride was born on November 13, 1920, the son of May McBride of Toronto, Ontario. He was a Private (B66613) with the 1st Battalion, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (his service number acknowledged as B-37609 on the RHLI website), when he was Killed in Action during the Dieppe Raid on August 19, 1942, at the age of 21. McBride is buried in Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, Hautot-sur-Mer, Seine-Maritime, France, Grave Reference: F. 40. He is commemorated on page 95 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance and on the City of Hamilton Dieppe Memorial on the Waterfront Trail, Front Right, Plaque 1.","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46130977767701,"sku":"C3840.RL3","price":540.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/a_2_8_1_1_1.jpg?v=1692896669"},{"product_id":"canada-a-memorial-cross-to-pte-john-wesley-humphrys-casc-c5163rl1","title":"Canada. 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Near very fine condition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFootnote: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"m_2209213967591806905gmail-m_-7601863469580741049gmail-m_6865271226593003530gmail-docs-internal-guid-a546b6cb-d6a6-85fe-200c-f616751075c9\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrivate John Wesley \u003cspan class=\"m_2209213967591806905gmail-m_-7601863469580741049gmail-il\"\u003eHumphrys\u003c\/span\u003e was 37 when he died on February 10, 1945 serving in the Canadian Army Service Corps. His next of kin included his mother, Elizabeth Susan \u003cspan class=\"m_2209213967591806905gmail-m_-7601863469580741049gmail-il\"\u003eHumphrys\u003c\/span\u003e of Lansing and his wife Gladys \u003cspan class=\"m_2209213967591806905gmail-m_-7601863469580741049gmail-il\"\u003eHumphrys\u003c\/span\u003e of Toronto. \u003cspan class=\"m_2209213967591806905gmail-m_-7601863469580741049gmail-il\"\u003eHumphrys\u003c\/span\u003e is buried in the Toronto (Prospect) Cemetery in Ontario, grave reference: Sec. 1 Grave 463. He is commemorated on page  526 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46132387381525,"sku":"C5163.RL1","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/m181_3063_1.jpg?v=1692900998"},{"product_id":"canada-dominion-a-memorial-group-to-the-18th-canadian-infantry-c2212rl1","title":"Canada, Dominion. A Memorial Group To The 18Th Canadian Infantry","description":"Canada; A British War Medal (602365 PTE. G.R. HINE. 18-CAN.INF.); Victory Medal (602365 PTE. G.R. HINE. 18-CAN.INF.); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp; and War Medal 1939-1945. Naming is officially impressed on the Great A First \u0026amp; Second War Memorial Group to the 18th Canadian Infantry - War medals, the Second World War medals are un-named. Un-mounted, original ribbons, light contact, cleaned, better than very fine. Accompanied by his Birks Memorial Bar (L\/CPL. R.G. HINE \/ R.C.A.M.C. \/ DIED IN HIS COUNTRY'S SERVICE \/ 29 DEC. 1943) on its card of issue with envelope.\n \nFootnote: Robert George Hine was born on November 7, 1891 in Battersea, London, England, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles O. Hine. The family immigrated to Canada, settling in Brantford, Ontario. He was the husband of Adeline Hine of Brantford. He signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (602365) with the 34th Infantry Battalion on March 5, 1915 in Guelph, Ontario, naming his wife, Adeline as his next-of-kin, stating that he had eight years' previous military service with the Royal Fusiliers, that he was married and that his trade was that of Teamster. During his physical, it was noted that he had numerous tattoos, including: a tombstone on his chest, a woman on his right leg, a lady on his right arm, a regimental crest on his right arm, various marks on his left arm and writing on both legs. The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Guelph, Ontario under the authority of G.O. 86, July 1, 1915. The Battalion sailed October 23, 1915 with a strength of 41 officers and 1,102 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel A.J. Oliver. Hine was later transferred to the 18th Infantry Battalion for service in the French theatre, earning him the Great War Pair. During the Second World War, B\/89918 Lance Corporal Hine served with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps  He died on December 26, 1943, at the age of 48 and is buried in Brantford (Mount Hope) Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario, Grave Reference: East Half. Lot 9. Range 5. Section C.E. Grave 2. He is commemorated on page 171 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance and was awarded the CVSM with Overseas Clasp and War Medal 1939-1945 posthumously.","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46134870114581,"sku":"C2212.RL1","price":270.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/img_02_435befd4-a1aa-4486-b239-5921498615bd.jpg?v=1692908357"},{"product_id":"canada-commonwealth-a-wwii-rcaf-memorial-group-to-flight-sjt-burton-c1661rl1","title":"Canada, Commonwealth. A Wwii Rcaf Memorial Group To Flight Sjt. Burton","description":"WWII RCAF Memorial Group to Flight Sjt. Burton - Defence Medal; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp; War Medal 1939-1945; and Memorial Cross, GRVI (F.S. E.G. BURTON R79241). Naming is officially engraved on the MC. Mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback, original ribbons, light contact, extremely fine. Accompanied by copies of his Attestation Paper, Service Records and Province of New Brunswick Certificate of Registration of Death, along with his Statement of Service in the Canadian Armed Forces.Footnote: Edward George Burton was born on July 7, 1917 in Greenfield Park, Montreal, Quebec, the son of Arthur Burton and Lillian R. Burton (nee Hatch) of St. Lambert, Quebec. He had been a junior clerk, time clerk and insurance agent in his civilian life, active in football and hockey. He signed his Attestation Paper with the 3rd Medium Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery on July 15, 1940 in Montreal, Quebec, naming his next-of-kin as his mother, stating his occupation as that of Insurance Agent. He served with the Canadian Army (Militia, service number 5353) until March 4, 1941, when he was struck off strength upon his enlistment in the Royal Canadian Air Force on March 7, 1941 (R79241) as an Aircraftman 2nd Class. The following week, he was transferred to No. 1 Military Depot in Toronto, Ontario on March 14th for a three and half week stay, before being transferred to RCAF Station Rockcliffe (near Ottawa, Ontario) on April 9th. He was then posted for two months to No. 1 Initial Training School in Toronto on June 21st, before proceeding to No. 20 Elementary Flying Training School in nearby Oshawa, Ontario on August 20th, where he was promoted to Leading Aircraftman. It was at Oshawa that he was assessed for his ability to be a Pilot. Although he was deemed to be a good athlete, his below average marks in his Pilot training forced his instructors to recommend him for training as a Wireless Air Gunner. Burton was transferred to the Composite Training School KTS Trenton, Ontario on September 26th, where he was given the rank of Aircraftman 2nd Class on October 14, 1941. After four months, he was posted to No. 3 \"Y\" Depot in Debert, Nova Scotia on February 21, 1942, where he was named Acting Corporal. In the Spring, he was posted for two months to No. 2 \"Y\" Depot in Moncton, New Brunswick on April 7th, before returning to No. 1 Military Depot in Toronto on July 1st. He returned to Nova Scotia the following year and was posted to No. 1 \"Y\" Depot in Halifax, Nova Scotia on June 12, 1943, preparing for his final posting at RCAF Torbay, Newfoundland. He arrived at Torbay on July 3rd, where he was named Acting Sergeant on August 1st, and then after one year, named Acting Flight Sergeant on September 1, 1944 and later, Flight Sergeant. He also signed a waiver stating \"I do not volunteer for Service in the Pacific Theatre.\" It was at Torbay that Burton fell in love, marrying Elizabeth Jean Gammie Burton of Winnipeg, Manitoba on September 22, 1944, at St. John's, Newfoundland. His new wife was a Corporal at the same RCAF Station Torbay. He had been hospitalized four times previously during his RCAF training but it was his during his fifth stay in hospital, after being admitted on June 24, 1945 at RCAF Station Torbay and after three and a half weeks care, he secumed to \"General Peritonitis due to Acute Purulent Appendicitis\" (peritonitis is an inflammation of the peritoneum, the thin tissue that lines the inner wall of the abdomen and covers most of the abdominal organs. Peritonitis may be localized or generalized, and may result from infection (often due to rupture of a hollow organ as may occur in abdominal trauma or appenditcitis) or from a non-infectious process) on July 17, 1945, at the age of 28. The RCAF documents called it \"natural causes\" or \"died of illness\" but the cause of death is clearly stated on his Province of New Brunswick Certificate of Registration of Death. He is buried in Montreal (Mount Royal) Cemetery, Montreal, Grave Reference: Section G.943. Grave 472. Burton is credited with having served in Canada and Newfoundland during WWII.","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46134874669333,"sku":"C1661.RL1","price":340.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/MNC8934_58b6b0cc-db91-4407-89fa-c34d4a6555b8.jpg?v=1759414037"},{"product_id":"canada-commonwealth-a-memorial-cross-group-to-lieutenant-robillard-le-regiment-de-hull-c6478rl3","title":"Canada, Commonwealth. A Memorial Cross Group To Lieutenant Robillard, Le Régiment De Hull","description":"Group of Five: 1939-1945 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp; War Medal 1939-1945, mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback, dark patina, original ribbons; Memorial Cross, ERII (LIEUT. J.D.F. 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Very fine. \n","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46134875881749,"sku":"C6478.RL3","price":256.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/m20_3441_mnc1852_1_1_1.jpg?v=1740163931"},{"product_id":"canada-commonwealth-a-memorial-group-to-david-westlake-rcaf-st-john-ambulance-brigade-c4371rl5","title":"Canada, Commonwealth. A Memorial Group To David Westlake; RCAF \u0026  St. John Ambulance Brigade","description":"\u003cp\u003eCanadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal 1939-1945; and Memorial Cross, George VI (L.A.C. WESTLAKE D.E. R209246). Naming is impressed, with the original rank having been erased and re-engraved on the MC, the two medals are un-named as issued. Un-mounted, very light contact, near extremely fine. Accompanied by a Royal Canadian Air Force Cap Badge (bronze, unmarked, 37.5 mm x 44 mm, intact lugs and pin); and a St. John Ambulance Brigade Cap Badge (white metal, non-magnetic, marked \"REGISTERED AT St JOHN GATE LONDON\" on the reverse, 35.2 mm x 47.4 mm, intact lugs and pin).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFootnote: R\/209246 Leading Aircraftman David Ernest Westlake, Royal Canadian Air Force and St. John Ambulance Brigade, was the son of Alfred E. Westlake and Gladys Westlake of Toronto. Westlake died on December 12, 1946, at the age of 23 and is buried in Toronto (Park Lawn) Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Grave Reference: Sec. S. Lot 894. Grave 1. He is commemorated on page 591 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance and is acknowledged on the War Graves Registers: Circumstances of Casualty, 1914-1948 as Second World War service personnel killed in Canada, including personnel involved in the British Commonwealth Air Training Program.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46136044486933,"sku":"C4371.RL5","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/c_7751_1_1_1_2_1.jpg?v=1776697251"},{"product_id":"canada-a-memorial-cross-to-hannah-baird-first-canadian-civilian-casualty-of-the-second-world-war-c6634","title":"Canada. A Memorial Cross to Hannah Baird, First Canadian Civilian Casualty of the Second World War","description":"\u003cp\u003e1. Memorial Cross, in silver, central Royal Cypher “ERII” beneath the Crown, reverse plain except for the machine engraved naming “HANNAH H. BAIRD S.S. 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