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Auction: 9033 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 84

Three: Second Lieutenant W.F.J. Lait, Border Regiment, Late Canadian Cyclists, Killed in Action 3.8.1917 1914-15 Star (186 Pte. W.F.J. Lait. 2/Can: Div: Cyc:); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. W.F.J. Lait.), nearly extremely fine (3) Estimate £ 250-300 Second Lieutenant Wilfred Francis James Lait, born London, 1889; moved with his family to Canada and at the outbreak of the Great War enlisted for service in Toronto, 25.11.1914; served with the 2nd Divisional Canadian Cyclists in the French theatre of War, from 15.9.1915; Lance Corporal 4.11.1915; commissioned Second Lieutenant 3rd Battalion Border Regiment, May 1917; he was killed in action whilst attached to the 8th Battalion, 3.8.1917, he commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

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