WWII RCAF Wireless/Air Gunner's Wing

1914-15 Star, (2867 PTE S. COLE. 2/ CAN.A.S.PK.) Naming is impressed, War and Victory Medals, (2867 PTE.S.COLE. C.A.S.C.) Naming is impressed; swing mounted on pin bar; Cap Badge Canadian Army Service Corp; Enamelled G.W.V. Pin reverse numbered 57162; Enamelled Canadian U.V.L. Pin reverse numbered 1188; Toronto Fire Fighters War Veterans Association Pin; Cap Badge Toronto Fire Dept Station 43; Matching Cap Badge and two Collars , showing two fire axes facing each other. Footnote: Samuel Cole was born on 30th April 1895 in Ballard, County Wicklow, Ireland and joined the CEF on 12th May 1915.He served with 2nd Can. Amm. Sub Park, in Canada, in England and in France and was Struck Off Strength on 27th May 1919. After the war he became a member of the Toronto Fire Department. Comes with copy of Service Record and a photocopied page from a Toronto Fire Department book showing a photo of him.

Distinguished Marksman (yellow felt insignia with blue and black embroidery, sewn upon a blue felt base, white cotton mesh backer, 34 mm x 137 mm); Expert Recreational Shooting Patch (red and yellow embroidery on a blue felt base, white cotton mesh backer, 102 mm x 105 mm); Marksman Recreational Shooting Patch (green and yellow embroidery on a red felt base, white cotton mesh backer, 102 mm x 122 mm); and First Class Recreational Shooting Patch (white and yellow embroidery on a green felt base, white cotton mesh backer, 102 mm x 112 mm). Extremely fine. Footnote: From the collection of Warren Carroll

A First War Medal Pair to the Canadian Field Artillery - British War Medal (1250501 CPL. H.C. OLIVER. C.F.A.); and Victory Medal (1250501 CPL. H.C. OLIVER. C.F.A.). Naming is officially impressed. Un-mounted, original ribbons, dark patina on the BWM, light contact, better than very fine. Accompanied by a CEF For Service at the Front Badge (bronze and enamels, numbered "131358" on the reverse, 22.5 mm, screwback, oxidation spot on the obverse), along with colour copies of his Index Cards, Attestation Papers, Service Records, Medical Records, Wills and Discharge Certificates. Footnote: Hugh Clarence Oliver was born on December 26, 1892 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. He was a resident of Regina, Saskatchewan when he signed his CEF Attestation Paper on May 29, 1916 at Regina, at the age of 23, naming his next-of-kin as his wife, Dora Cubitt Oliver, stating that he had no previous military service, that he was Married and that his trade was that of Clerk. He embarked Halifax, Nova Scotia on October 4, 1916 aboard the S.S. Saxonia, arriving in Liverpool, England on the 13th and was taken on strength by the Reserve Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery. In early 1917, he was admitted to the Isolation Hospital at Folkestone with a case of the Measles on January 7th, then transferred the next day to Moore Barracks Hospital at Shorncliffe for a sixteen day stay, before being discharged on the 22nd. While in hospital, he was appointed Acting Corporal on January 17, 1917. Five days after his discharge from hospital, he was re-admitted to Moore Barracks Hospital at Shorncliffe with Rubella for another eighteen days on January 27th, treated, then discharged on February 14th. Oliver was appointed a Clerk on June 12, 1917, then transferred to the 2nd Brigade, Canadian Reserve Artillery and posted to 'E' Battery on June 22nd. Early in 1918, he reverted to Gunner on January 28th, arriving as a reinforcement and was taken on strength of the Canadian Artillery Pool on February 8th and posted to the Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp on the 11th, to prepare for service in the French Theatre, arriving in France on February 24th. Oliver was awarded one Good Conduct Badge on May 29, 1918 and promoted to Corporal on October 4, 1918. While on leave from France, he was admitted to the General Hospital at Nottingham on January 11, 1919, his condition designated as "N.Y.D." (Not Yet Determined). He was soon diagnosed with Tonsillitis, and after three weeks, he was transferred to the Canadian Military Convalescent Hospital, Woodcote Park at Epsom on February 2, 1919, where he was hospitalized for an additional seventeen days, before being discharged on the 19th. He was posted to the Canadian Discharge Depot at Buxton for return to Canada and struck off strength on April 9, 1919. Having held the position of Purchasing Clerk with the 77th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery at the Canadian Artillery Reinforcement Depot, Oliver was discharged upon demobilization at the Clearing Depot in Saint John, New Brunswick, on April 23, 1919. A little over six months later, Oliver enlisted again, this time signing his Attestation Paper with the 12th Detachment, Corps of Military Staff Clerks, with the provisional rank of Corporal, on November 4, 1919 at Regina, at the age of 26, stating that he had thirty-five months previous service in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, that he was Married and that his trades were that of Farmer and Clerk. Three months after enlisting with the CMSC, he was promoted to Sergeant on February 4, 1920, followed four months later by his discharge upon demobilization, on June 15, 1920 at Regina. During the course of his service with the CFA, he filed two Wills, one dated September 15, 1916, the other undated, both leaving his estate to his wife, Dora, who was living in Crostwick, Norfolk, England but neither were executed as he survived the war. Oliver was credited with having served in Canada, the United Kingdom and France during the First World War and was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.

Thee Unofficial Royal Commemorative Medals - Coronation Medal 1937 (metal with a gold-coloured gilt, obverse inscribed "GEORGE VI ELIZABETH CROWNED MAY XII MCMXXXVII", reverse inscribed "CANADA.INDIA.S.AFRICA.AUSTRALIA.NEW ZEALAND" and "BRITAIN", 35.7 mm, on original tri-colour ribbon, marked "PATENT No 370595" on the pinback hanger); Cadbury Canadian Visit Commemorative Medal 1939 (silvered white metal, obverse inscribed "H.M. KING GEORGE VI. QUEEN ELIZABETH", reverse marked "BRITISH MADE" and inscribed "THE CADBURY MEDAL TO COMMEMORATE THE VISIT OF KING GEORGE VI. AND QUEEN ELIZABETH TO CANADA 1939", 38.5 mm, on original tri-colour ribbon with safety pin attachment); and Canadian Visit Commemorative Medal 1939 (bronze gilt, obverse inscribed "GEORGIVS VI DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX: 1939", reverse inscribed "IN COMMEMORATION / KING GEORGE VI AND QUEEN ELIZABETH", 35 mm, on original tri-colour ribbon with safety pin attachment). Un-mounted, light contact and gilt wear, better than very fine.