A First War Medal Pair To The Canadian Railway Troops Hold HMS Suffolk had lost contact

HMS Suffolk had lost contact with the German ships at 03:00 on the 25th and a massive searchwas begun

90mm in length

The battle was fought for control of the strategic Flemish town of Ypres in western Belgium in the spring of 1915

A large group of mourners was present on a lovely sunny spring morning at Gifhorn Cemetery to farewell Carl Schmidt

document also extremely fine

A First War Medal Pair To The Canadian Railway Troops Hold HMS Suffolk had lost contactA First War Medal Pair to the Canadian Railway Troops British War Medal (778492 SPR. J. E. BREAKSPEAR. C. R. T.), Victory Medal (778492 SPR. J. E. BREAKSPEAR. C. R. T.), naming is impressed, very fine. Foonote: Jesse Edward Breakspear was born in Oxford England in 1888 and was working as a Bricklayer's Labourer in Mimico Ontario prior to enlisting in the CEF in January 1916 with previous military experience with the 12th York Rangers.