WWI Pair - Royal Canadian Artillery
British War Medal (3056551 GNR. H.R. MAY. C.G.A.); and Victory Medal (3056551 GNR. H.R. MAY. C.G.A.). Naming is officially impressed. Very dark patina on the BWM, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: Hedley Randall May was born on April 6, 1884 in Langham, Norfolk, England. He signed his Particulars of Recruit Drafted Under Mlitary Service Act 1917 Paper on February 6, 1918 in Kingston, Ontario, naming is next-of-kin as his wife, Graham May, stating that he had no previous military service, that he was married and that his trade was that of Manufactures Agent.
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