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Auction: 25113 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 460

Four: Private R. Wynne, 8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, who was tragically killed in action just prior to the end of the war

British War and Victory Medals (2380645 Pte. R. Wynne. 8-Can. Inf.); Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Richard Wynne); Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (2380645 Pte. R. Wynne.), sold together with its original forwarding slip and Commonwealth War Graves documents, good very fine (4)

Richard Wynne was born at Birkenhead, Cheshire on 17 March 1888, the son of Flora Wynne of Higher Tranmere, Birkenhead. He was living in the United States of America when the war began, at Great Falls, Montana where he worked as a teamster. Initially Wynne did not enlist however as hostilities progressed he travelled to Canada, attesting at Winnipeg on 11 February 1918.

Arriving in England in April he entered the war in France on 5th September, with the 52nd Canadian Battalion but was transferred to the 8th Canadian Infantry (90th Winnipeg Rifles) on 15 September. They were involved in heavy action during the final advance of the Hundred Days and as such Wynne was killed in action before the month was out.

Oddly the Commonwealth War Graves documents provide the wrong date of death which is given as 11 October, his service papers however clearly state he died on 29 September. It is possible the date referred to in the paperwork is the date the casualty was reported in the Liverpool Echo. Regardless Wynne is buried at Sancourt British Cemetery, sold together with copied research.

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£140