WW1 Medal Pair to Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force (259th Canadian Rifles Battalion)
Impressed naming to: 3133176 Pte. C. C. James. C.S.E.F.
Pair loose, Ggood extremely fine, and scarce
Private Charles Cecil James was born in London, Ontario on 7 Sept 1892 and was a Jeweler by occupation when he and enlisted for Great War service in April 1918. Holding the rank of Rifleman in the 259th Battalion, he departed for the Siberian Theatre on S.S. Tesla from Victoria, British Columbia, on 22 December 1918, and arrived at Vladivostok, Russia, on 12 January 1919. He married Winnifred May Allan on 7 Nov 1931 and died in London on 9 March 1971.
There is a good photo of him available on ancestry or I can email the buyer on request.
