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Canada, Cef. A Pair To Private Clifford Earle Hitchcox, 7Th Infantry Battalion, Kia 1815
Canada, Cef. A Pair To Private Clifford Earle Hitchcox, 7Th Infantry Battalion, Kia 1815
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1914-15 Star (77821 Pte C.E. HITCHCOX. 7/CAN:INF:); and Victory Medal (impressed: 77821 PTE. C.E. HITCHCOX. 7-CAN.INF.). Un-mounted, very light contact, replacement ribbons, better than very fine.
Footnote: Clifford Earle Hitchcox was born on June 26, 1894 in Rugby, Warkwickshire, England, the son of Walter Charles Hitchcox and Mary Hitchcox, later of Cordova Bay, Victoria, British Columbia. He signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (77821) with the 30th Infantry Battalion "British Columbia Battalion", on November 23, 1914 in Victoria, British Columbia, at the age of 20, naming his next-of-kin as his father, Walter Charles Hitchcox, stating the he was with an active militia, the 88th Regiment Victoria Fusiliers, that he was not married, that his religion was Church of England and that his trade was that of Draughtsman. The Battalion was raised in British Columbia with mobilization headquarters at Victoria under the authority of G.O. 36, March 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard the S.S. Vaderland on February 23, 1915 with a strength of 35 officers and 980 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel J.A. Hall. After two months training and orientation in England, Private Hitchcox entered the French theatre on May 4, 1915 and was transferred to the 7th Infantry Battalion "1st British Columbia Regiment" on May 8th. He acquired a bout of "La Grippe" (Pneumonia) on June 21, 1915, followed three days later by his admission to No. 3 Canadian Field Ambulance, where he was officially diagnosed with "Influenza" on June 24th. Two weeks later, he was admitted to No. 4 Stationary Hospital at St. Omer with "Defective Vision" on July 8, 1915 and after three days treatment, was discharged on the 11th. Private Clifford Earle Hitchcox, 7th Infantry Battalion was Killed in Action on August 27, 1915, at the age of 21. He was buried on the 28th, with the Chaplain attached to the 7th Infantry Battalion, Reverend L.W. Moffatt, performing the service. He was re-interred after the war and buried in Berks Cemetery Extension, Belgium, Grave Reference: III. B. 4., located 12.5 kilometres south of Ieper town centre and is commemorated on page 19 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Private Hitchcox was posthumously awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. The medals, along with his Memorial Plaque and Scroll were forwarded to his father, Walter Charles Hitchcox, while his Memorial Cross was delivered to his mother, Mary Hitchcox.
1914-15 Star (77821 Pte C.E. HITCHCOX. 7/CAN:INF:); and Victory Medal (impressed: 77821 PTE. C.E. HITCHCOX. 7-CAN.INF.). Un-mounted, very light contact, replacement ribbons, better than very fine.
Footnote: Clifford Earle Hitchcox was born on June 26, 1894 in Rugby, Warkwickshire, England, the son of Walter Charles Hitchcox and Mary Hitchcox, later of Cordova Bay, Victoria, British Columbia. He signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (77821) with the 30th Infantry Battalion "British Columbia Battalion", on November 23, 1914 in Victoria, British Columbia, at the age of 20, naming his next-of-kin as his father, Walter Charles Hitchcox, stating the he was with an active militia, the 88th Regiment Victoria Fusiliers, that he was not married, that his religion was Church of England and that his trade was that of Draughtsman. The Battalion was raised in British Columbia with mobilization headquarters at Victoria under the authority of G.O. 36, March 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard the S.S. Vaderland on February 23, 1915 with a strength of 35 officers and 980 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel J.A. Hall. After two months training and orientation in England, Private Hitchcox entered the French theatre on May 4, 1915 and was transferred to the 7th Infantry Battalion "1st British Columbia Regiment" on May 8th. He acquired a bout of "La Grippe" (Pneumonia) on June 21, 1915, followed three days later by his admission to No. 3 Canadian Field Ambulance, where he was officially diagnosed with "Influenza" on June 24th. Two weeks later, he was admitted to No. 4 Stationary Hospital at St. Omer with "Defective Vision" on July 8, 1915 and after three days treatment, was discharged on the 11th. Private Clifford Earle Hitchcox, 7th Infantry Battalion was Killed in Action on August 27, 1915, at the age of 21. He was buried on the 28th, with the Chaplain attached to the 7th Infantry Battalion, Reverend L.W. Moffatt, performing the service. He was re-interred after the war and buried in Berks Cemetery Extension, Belgium, Grave Reference: III. B. 4., located 12.5 kilometres south of Ieper town centre and is commemorated on page 19 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Private Hitchcox was posthumously awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. The medals, along with his Memorial Plaque and Scroll were forwarded to his father, Walter Charles Hitchcox, while his Memorial Cross was delivered to his mother, Mary Hitchcox.
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