WW1 60Bn CEF. Victoria Rifles. Vimy. Mt Sorrel. Courcelette.

Description

WW1 60Bn CEF. Victoria Rifles. Private R. (Robert) Heale. Service Number: 457380. Missing both suspension beale and ring. Purchase does include ribbon.
This Victory Medal includes one brass shoulder "flash" CANADA..
A remarkable journey from the shores of the St Lawrence in the heart of Canada to the battles of the Western Front in "le pays maternelle". Heale and his battalion were vigorous in their campaigning from their inception, training and mobilization in Montreal, in1915. Ultimately, it was disbanded and absorped into the Canadian Mounted Rifles (5th Bataillion) and the Canadian Grenadier Guards (87th Bataillion) in the aftermath of the Battle of Arras (including Vimy Ridge) at the end of April, 1917.
In that time, the 60th garnered Battle Honours for:
Mount Sorrel
Somme 1916
Flers- Courcelette
Ancre Heights
Arras 1917
Vimy 1917
France and Flanders 1916- 1917
Thank you very much for your time and consideration.