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Five: Corporal H. J. Stiff, Military Foot Police and City of London Police, who won an Olympic Gold Medal for Great Britain in Tug of War at the 1920 Olympics
1914-15 Star (P.1412. L-Cpl. H. J. Stiff, M.F.P.); British War and Victory Medals (P-1412 Cpl. H. J. Stiff, M.F.P.); Coronation 1902, City of London Police, bronze (P.C. H. J. Stiff); Coronation 1911, City of London Police (P.C., H. J. Stiff.) nearly very fine and better (5)
£500-£700
Harold Joseph Stiff was born on 23 October 1881 and attested for the City of London Police. He served with the Military Foot Police during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 September 1915, before returning to the City of London Police following the cessation of hostilities.
A member of the City of London Police Tug of War team, he represented Great Britain at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, and was part of the Gold Medal winning Tug of War team. He died on 17 April 1939.
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Five: Lieutenant D. G. Christie, Canadian Field Artillery
1914-15 Star (41050 Gnr: D. G. Christie. Can: Fd: Art:); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. D. G. Christie.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, very fine (5)
£70-£90
Douglas Gerald Christie was born in London, England, on 2 March 1890 and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Quebec on 26 September 1914. He served with the 2nd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 27 August 1916.
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Three: Lieutenant H. A. Colquhoun, 16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, attached Royal Naval Air Service
1914-15 Star (Lieut: H. A. Colquhoun. 16/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. H. A. Colquhoun.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine (3)
£80-£120
Humphrey Alexander Colquhoun was born on 17 December 1894 and attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Valcartier on 24 September 1914. He served with the 16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 April 1915, being slightly gassed within his first week on the Front, and was later seconded to the Royal Naval Air Service on 11 December 1915. He was discharged, medically unfit, on 23 July 1919.
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Three: Acting Sergeant A. W. G. Lyon, 20th Battalion, Canadian Infantry 1914-15 Star (57881 Pte. A. W. G. Lyon. 2x/Can. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals (57881 A. Sjt. A. Lyon. 20-Can. Inf.) mounted as worn, very fine
Pair: Honorary Captain the Rev. W. P. Lyon, Chaplain, 114th Battalion, Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (Hon. Capt. W. P. Lyon.); together with the recipient’s British Empire Service League, Canadian Legion Medal, bronze and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Lt-Col. The Reverend William Percy Lyon West Lincoln Ont. No. 127 Branch 1929’; with top ‘Branch Past President’ riband bar; and an apparently unrelated Canadian Forces in Egypt Welcome Home Badge, gilt and enamel, with ‘Rameses’ sword suspension, good very fine (7)
£120-£160
Arthur Lyon was born at Niagara Falls, Ontario, on 22 February 1897 and attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Toronto on 12 November 1914. He served with the 20th Battalion, Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 September 1915, and was wounded by gun shot to the left leg on 3 October 1916. Advanced Acting Sergeant on 12 March 191, he was discharged on 9 May 1919.
The Rev. William Percy Lyon was born in Sittingbourne, Kent, on 24 March 1873 and having emigrated to Canada was Ordained Deacon in 1907, and Priest in 1910. He served as Chaplain to the 114th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, with the honorary rank of Captain, during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 September 1917, and was demobilised at Ottawa on 14 February 1919.
Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the Rev. W. P. Lyon.
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