A First War Pair To The Canadian Machine Gun Brigade GTRexclude was transferred to the 21st

was transferred to the 21st Infantry Battalion for service in the French theatre

Hawkes was discharged on April 2

He attended a Civil Affairs Staff Course in the United Kingdom throughout December 1943 and proceeded to France with 1 British Corps

25 mm x 33

Later manufactured examples (and more common) have triple braid raised above the enamel

A First War Pair To The Canadian Machine Gun Brigade GTRexclude was transferred to the 21stA First War Pair to the Canadian Machine Gun Brigade British War and Victory Medals (3310074 PTE. W. M. ELLIOTT. C. M. G. BDE.). Naming is officially impressed on both. Dark patina on BWM, light contact, extremely fine. Footnote: William Matthew Elliott was born on November 24, 1898 in Macknaw, Michigan. He was drafted for war service under the Military Service Act of 1917, signing at the 2nd Depot Battalion in Brantford, Ontario on January 5, 1918.