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Auction: 21001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 652

Six: Sapper J. Stonehouse, Royal Canadian Engineers, who died on 11 September 1944

1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal 1939-45; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with Overseas Service clasp; War Medal 1939-45; Canadian Memorial Cross, G.VI.R. (B.4711 Spr. J. Stonehouse), cleaned, good very fine, housed within a glazed wooden display frame by Spink (6)

James Stonehouse served with 10 Field Squadron, Royal Canadian Engineers, died on 11 September 1944, and is buried in the Gandara War Cemetery, Italy. This cemetery contains the graves of casualties incurred during the advance from Ancona to Rimini which broke the Gothic Line, and in the heavy fighting around Rimini, which was finally taken by the Allies on 21 September 1944.

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Sold for
£160

Starting price
£80