Lt. Thairs - Killed At The Battle Of Amiens Archive For Rhodesia 1896

For Rhodesia 1896

generally good very fine

Torches of burning waste and paraffin were sometimes necessary to thaw the blocks and sheaves over which ran the wires used to lower nets and instruments into the sea

then discharged on the 28th

Military Merit Cross 2nd

Lt. Thairs - Killed At The Battle Of Amiens Archive For Rhodesia 1896Memorial Cross GV (Lieut. E. F. THAIRS). Naming is officially engraved. Very fine. Accompanied by his Memorial Plaque (EDWARD FOX THAIRS) in a bronze cross shaped frame (200 mm x 200 mm); a solid brass Toronto Regiment badge (56 mm); plus copies of his Officers' Declaration Paper, Service Records, Medical Records and Will. Footnote: Edward Fox Thairs was born in St. Catharines, Ontario on January 21, 1895, the son of Colonel George Thairs of Ridley