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Four: Sergeant W. H. Alexander, 8th Battalion (90th Winnipeg Rifles), Canadian...
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Four: Sergeant W. H. Alexander, 8th Battalion (90th Winnipeg Rifles), Canadian Expeditionary Force, later Winnipeg Grenadiers, who was knocked unconscious and buried for over 4 hours during the Battle of the Somme
British War and Victory Medals (22163 L.Cpl. W. Alexander. 8-Can. Inf.); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (Sergt. Dmr. W. H. Alexander Winn. Gren.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Canada, with Second Award Bar (Sgt. W. H. Alexander Wpg. Gren.); together with the recipient’s British Empire Service League Canadian Legion Badge, the reverse engraved ‘W. H. Alexander Prince Edward Man. Branch 81 1933’, with Past President top riband bar, edge bruise to EM, very fine and better (5) £240-£280
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William H. Alexander was born in Belfast on 16 August 1886 and emigrated to Canada where he set up home at 395, Alexander Avenue, Winnipeg. He joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Valcartier on 23 September 1914 and witnessed initial training at Shorncliffe with the 11th Battalion. Advanced Lance Corporal 1 January 1916, he crossed the Channel to France and joined the 8th Battalion on the Western Front on 18 July 1916 - likely as reinforcements following extensive losses on the Somme.
Evacuated to No. 2 Australian General Hospital on 28 September 1916, his Service Record notes: ‘injury to abdomen wall & scrotum, buried 4.5 hours’. Returned to England per H.S. St Denis, he spent a period of time at Northampton War Hospital and various Canadian convalescent establishments. This was followed by a number of administrative roles in London, his recovery hindered by bronchitis and neurasthenia. Invalided to Canada 21 May 1919, Alexander continued to suffer from shell shock and was repeatedly admitted to military hospital in Winnipeg before being discharged medically unfit on 1 October 1920. He later regained his health and rendered long service as Sergeant and Sergeant Drummer in the 100th Winnipeg Grenadiers.
Sold with an unrelated Canadian Memorial Cross, E.II.R., unnamed, marked ‘Sterling’ to reverse, extremely fine
British War and Victory Medals (22163 L.Cpl. W. Alexander. 8-Can. Inf.); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (Sergt. Dmr. W. H. Alexander Winn. Gren.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Canada, with Second Award Bar (Sgt. W. H. Alexander Wpg. Gren.); together with the recipient’s British Empire Service League Canadian Legion Badge, the reverse engraved ‘W. H. Alexander Prince Edward Man. Branch 81 1933’, with Past President top riband bar, edge bruise to EM, very fine and better (5) £240-£280
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William H. Alexander was born in Belfast on 16 August 1886 and emigrated to Canada where he set up home at 395, Alexander Avenue, Winnipeg. He joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Valcartier on 23 September 1914 and witnessed initial training at Shorncliffe with the 11th Battalion. Advanced Lance Corporal 1 January 1916, he crossed the Channel to France and joined the 8th Battalion on the Western Front on 18 July 1916 - likely as reinforcements following extensive losses on the Somme.
Evacuated to No. 2 Australian General Hospital on 28 September 1916, his Service Record notes: ‘injury to abdomen wall & scrotum, buried 4.5 hours’. Returned to England per H.S. St Denis, he spent a period of time at Northampton War Hospital and various Canadian convalescent establishments. This was followed by a number of administrative roles in London, his recovery hindered by bronchitis and neurasthenia. Invalided to Canada 21 May 1919, Alexander continued to suffer from shell shock and was repeatedly admitted to military hospital in Winnipeg before being discharged medically unfit on 1 October 1920. He later regained his health and rendered long service as Sergeant and Sergeant Drummer in the 100th Winnipeg Grenadiers.
Sold with an unrelated Canadian Memorial Cross, E.II.R., unnamed, marked ‘Sterling’ to reverse, extremely fine
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Four: Sergeant W. H. Alexander, 8th Battalion (90th Winnipeg Rifles), Canadian Expeditionary Force, later Winnipeg Grenadiers, who was knocked unconscious and buried for over 4 hours during the Battle of the Somme
British War and Victory Medals (22163 L.Cpl. W. Alexander. 8-Can. Inf.); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (Sergt. Dmr. W. H. Alexander Winn. Gren.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Canada, with Second Award Bar (Sgt. W. H. Alexander Wpg. Gren.); together with the recipient’s British Empire Service League Canadian Legion Badge, the reverse engraved ‘W. H. Alexander Prince Edward Man. Branch 81 1933’, with Past President top riband bar, edge bruise to EM, very fine and better (5) £240-£280
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William H. Alexander was born in Belfast on 16 August 1886 and emigrated to Canada where he set up home at 395, Alexander Avenue, Winnipeg. He joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Valcartier on 23 September 1914 and witnessed initial training at Shorncliffe with the 11th Battalion. Advanced Lance Corporal 1 January 1916, he crossed the Channel to France and joined the 8th Battalion on the Western Front on 18 July 1916 - likely as reinforcements following extensive losses on the Somme.
Evacuated to No. 2 Australian General Hospital on 28 September 1916, his Service Record notes: ‘injury to abdomen wall & scrotum, buried 4.5 hours’. Returned to England per H.S. St Denis, he spent a period of time at Northampton War Hospital and various Canadian convalescent establishments. This was followed by a number of administrative roles in London, his recovery hindered by bronchitis and neurasthenia. Invalided to Canada 21 May 1919, Alexander continued to suffer from shell shock and was repeatedly admitted to military hospital in Winnipeg before being discharged medically unfit on 1 October 1920. He later regained his health and rendered long service as Sergeant and Sergeant Drummer in the 100th Winnipeg Grenadiers.
Sold with an unrelated Canadian Memorial Cross, E.II.R., unnamed, marked ‘Sterling’ to reverse, extremely fine
British War and Victory Medals (22163 L.Cpl. W. Alexander. 8-Can. Inf.); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (Sergt. Dmr. W. H. Alexander Winn. Gren.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Canada, with Second Award Bar (Sgt. W. H. Alexander Wpg. Gren.); together with the recipient’s British Empire Service League Canadian Legion Badge, the reverse engraved ‘W. H. Alexander Prince Edward Man. Branch 81 1933’, with Past President top riband bar, edge bruise to EM, very fine and better (5) £240-£280
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William H. Alexander was born in Belfast on 16 August 1886 and emigrated to Canada where he set up home at 395, Alexander Avenue, Winnipeg. He joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Valcartier on 23 September 1914 and witnessed initial training at Shorncliffe with the 11th Battalion. Advanced Lance Corporal 1 January 1916, he crossed the Channel to France and joined the 8th Battalion on the Western Front on 18 July 1916 - likely as reinforcements following extensive losses on the Somme.
Evacuated to No. 2 Australian General Hospital on 28 September 1916, his Service Record notes: ‘injury to abdomen wall & scrotum, buried 4.5 hours’. Returned to England per H.S. St Denis, he spent a period of time at Northampton War Hospital and various Canadian convalescent establishments. This was followed by a number of administrative roles in London, his recovery hindered by bronchitis and neurasthenia. Invalided to Canada 21 May 1919, Alexander continued to suffer from shell shock and was repeatedly admitted to military hospital in Winnipeg before being discharged medically unfit on 1 October 1920. He later regained his health and rendered long service as Sergeant and Sergeant Drummer in the 100th Winnipeg Grenadiers.
Sold with an unrelated Canadian Memorial Cross, E.II.R., unnamed, marked ‘Sterling’ to reverse, extremely fine
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