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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 680

A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Staff Sergeant B. Sharpe, 5th Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps

Military Medal, G.V.R. (1744 S. Sjt. B. Sharpe. Can. A. M. C.); 1914-15 Star (1744 Pte. B. Sharpe, Can: A. M. C.); British War and Victory Medals (1744 S. Sjt. B. Sharpe. C. A. M. C.), mounted as worn, good very fine (4)

This Lot is being sold to raise funds for the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 22, Woodbine Heights, Toronto. Sharpe was a member of the Branch and lived nearby.

M.M. London Gazette 11 February 1919.

Benjamin Sharpe was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire in 1879 and enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in November 1914 at Toronto, an auto fire builder by trade. Leaving Canada in April 1915 he served in France with the 5th Field Ambulance. Promoted Corporal in the Field on 22 November 1916, Sharpe was advanced Sergeant, 31 May 1917 and Staff Sergeant, 10 April 1918. Having been awarded the Military Medal, he was discharged in May 1919 and returned to live at 223 Pape Avenue; sold together with 2nd Canadian Overseas Contingent medal, mounted upon leather strap, Canadian Legion Service Badge, three photographs including a portrait, Canadian Legion pin Badges and copied service records.

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Sold for
£450

Starting price
£400