A First War Medal Pair To Acting Major Claude U. Hebden; 46Th Infantry Battalion

British War Medal (A. MAJOR. C.U. HEBDEN.); and Victory Medal (A. MAJOR. C.U. HEBDEN.). Naming is officially impressed. Un-mounted, contact marks, better than very fine. Accompanied by a St. John Ambulance Association Lapel Pin (silvered metal, 24.5 mm, button hole attachment); a St. John Ambulance Association C.P.R. Centre Badge (bronze gilt with black and white enamels, 18.5 mm, button hole attachment); a Canadian Red Cross Society Badge (bronze gilt with red and blue enamels, 19.8 mm, button hole attachment); his War Service Badge Certificate, Class "A", number 170299 (issued to Claude Hebden, Canadian Machine Gun Corps, "for service in France", date stamped October 6, 1919 at Ottawa, stamped signature of the Issuing Officer); George V Commission Document to Hebden for the rank of Lieutenant in the 60th Rifles of Canada (embossed with the Royal coat-of-arms with The Earl of "Athlone" (Governor General of Canada) overprint in black at the upper left, numbered in blue ink "16020" at the upper right, inscribed: "George the Sixth, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India. To Our Trusty and well beloved Claude, Ulric, Hebden, Gentleman Greeting. We, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in you Loyalty, Courage, and good Conduct, do by these Presents Constitute and Appoint you to be an Officer in Our Active Militia of our Dominion of Canada from the Twelfth day of February 1915. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge your Duty as such in the Rank of Lieutenant or in such other Rank as we may from time to time hereafter be pleased to promote or appoint you to, of which a notification will be made in the Canada Gazette, and you are to exercise and well discipline in Arms, both the inferior Officers, and Men serving under you and use your best endeavours to keep them in good Order and Discipline. And we do hereby Command them to Obey you as their superior Officer, and you to observe and follow such Orders and Directions as from time to time you shall receive from Us, or any your superior Officer, according to Law. In pursuance of the Trust hereby reposed in you. In Witness Whereof Our Governor General of Our Dominion of Canada hath hereunto set his hand and Seal at Our Government House in the City of Ottawa this First day of August in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifteen and in the Sixth Year of Our Reign. By Command of His Royal Highness The Governor General.", signed by "Sam Hughes", Minister of Militia and Defence, with the handwritten inscription in black ink "Claude, Ulric, Hebden / Gentleman / 60th Rifles of Canada" at the lower left, printed in black ink, on a white linen stock, 308 mm x 377 mm, undulated and lightly soiled); Certificate of Military Qualification in the Infantry (designating Provisional Lieutenant Hebden, 60th Rifles of Canada, having been examined at Winnipeg, Manitoba and to be promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, dated April 8, 1915, certificate number 31015, signed by Major Alan Palmer and Major G.J. Murray, Ottawa date stamped May 10, 1915 (changed in pencil to the 17th) with M.O. promulgation number 246, printed in black ink, on a white paper stock, 208 mm x 335 mm); Certificate of Military Qualification in the Infantry (designating Lieutenant Hebden, 60th Rifles of Canada, having been examined at Camp Hughes, Manitoba and to be promoted to the rank of Captain, dated October 11, 1915, certificate number 37039, signed by Captain S.T. Machwood and Captain A.T. Palmer, Ottawa date stamped January 10, 1916 with M.O. promulgation number 10, on a white paper stock, 210 mm x 335 mm); St. John Ambulance Association Industrial First Aid Certificate, Grade C, Number 10464 (instruction course held at Vancouver Centre, valid from September 25, 1947 to September 25, 1948, signed by the President, Medical Examination and Provincial Secretary, printed in black and red inks, on a white paper stock, 203 mm x 258 mm); St. John Ambulance Association Industrial First Aid Certificate, Grade B, Number 12224 (instruction course held at North Vancouver Centre, valid from February 25, 1949 to February 25, 1951, signed by the President, Medical Examination and Provincial Secretary, printed in black and red inks, on a white paper stock, 203 mm x 262 mm); St. John Ambulance Association First Aid to the Injured Re-Examination Certificate (dated September 16, 1947 at Vancouver, British Columbia, class no. 65384, with the signatures of the Instructor and Surgeon Examiner, emboss stamped, printed in black and red inks, on a white paper stock, 145 mm x 213 mm); St. John Ambulance Association First Aid to the Injured Re-Examination Certificate (dated January 7, 1949 at Vancouver, British Columbia, class no. 71643, emboss stamped, printed in black and red inks, on a white paper stock, 146 mm x 215 mm); St. John Ambulance Association Industrial First Aid Certificate, Grade C, Number 10464 Wallet Card (printed in black ink, on a white card stock, 60 mm x 98 mm); Letter from the Department of National Defence (addressed to Major C.U. Hebden of North Vancouver, British Columbia, acknowledging receipt of his application to serve as an Instructor at Military District No. 11 Headquarters in Victoria, dated October 11, 1940, informing him that there were no vacancies as of the writing of the letter but if one should come available, he would be considered for the position, 203 mm x 255 mm); Letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs (addressed to his wife, Mrs. Claude (Elsie) Hebden of North Vancouver, British Columbia, dated July 26, 1951, informing her of the amount of $32.40 owing); two Receipts; five Letters of Reference; along with a copy of his Attestation Paper and reproduction Photograph.

Footnote: Claude Ulric Hebden was born on May 15, 1883 in Timpelly, Cheshire, England and immigrated to Canada in 1903, settling in the Assiniboia West district of Saskatchewan. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant with the 60th Rifles of Canada (Militia), on February 12, 1915. Hebden signed his Attestation Paper as a Lieutenant with the 46th Infantry Battalion "South Saskatchewan Battalion" on July 9, 1915 at Sewell, Manitoba, at the age of 32, naming his next-of-kin as his wife, Mrs. Elsie Thorpe (Wood) Hebden of the Isle of Man, stating that he had previous service with the 60th Rifles of Canada (a militia unit with Headquarters at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan), that he was Married with one child and that his trade was that of Real Estate Agent. The Battalion was raised in Saskatchewan with mobilization headquarters at Moose Jaw, under the authority of G.O. 86, July 1, 1915. The Battalion sailed October 23, 1915 aboard the S.S. Lapland from Halifax, Nova Scotia, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel H. Snell with a strength of 36 officers and 1,115 other ranks, arriving in Devonport, England on the 30th. The Battalion served in France and Belgium with the 10th Infantry Brigade, 4th Canadian Division. From February 12, 1916, he served in the Canadian Machine Gun Corps, Section "A" Cavalry Branch as Commander of the 10th Battalion, Machine Guns and was demobilized in late 1919. He was issued the War Service Badge Certificate, Class "A", number 170299 on October 6, 1919, finishing the war in the rank of Major. He is also listed on the Royal Flying Corps database of Officers and aircrew at airhistory.org.uk . Hebden died on July 9, 1951 in Vancouver, British Columbia.