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Auction: 26003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 184

(x) Seven: Gunner J. L. McLeod, 1st Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery

1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal 1939-45; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal 1939-45, with Overseas Service clasp; War Medal 1939-45, these last three Canadian issues in silver; Efficiency Medal, E.II.R., Canada (Gnr. J. L. McLeod), very fine (7)

James Lester McLeod was born in 1918 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and first joined the Militia in August 1935, initially serving with the 8th Medium Battery. Joining the Canadian Active Service Force in September 1939, he went to Kingston, Ontario to go through the Artillery Training Centre and proceeded overseas. Landed at Gourock, Scotland in August 1940, McLeod landed with the 1st Medium Battery in Italy in November 1943, joining the 1st Canadian Division. Prominent at the Battle of Ortona, the breaking of the Gothic Line in August 1944, they then arrived in North-West Europe in March 1945. Returned to Canada in December 1945, McLeod had taken his E.M. (Canada) in December 1944, but this Medal was issued in June 1960. Discharged in January 1946, McLeod died in Toronto on 26 February 1995; sold together with comprehensive research.

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Estimate
£160 to £200

Starting price
£130