commemorative medallion
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19910181-002
- Event 1936 Vimy Pilgrimage
- Affiliation --
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Artist / Maker / Manufacturer
Allward, Walter Seymour
De Possesse, A - Date Made 1936/07/26
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Personal symbol
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1936/07/26
- Latest 1936/07/26
- Inscription (obverse/avers): 26-VII-1936 CANADA FRANCE; A DE POSESSE; SCULPT WALTER'S ALLWARD; PELERINAGE CANADIEN CANADIAN PILGRIMAGE VIMY; (reverse/verso): CANADIAN WAR MEMORIAL ON VIMY RIDGE; W.ALLWARD SCULPTOR ACC; IN MEMORAIAM SEXAGINTO MILLIUM CANADIENSIUM OUI ANNO DOMINI MCGMXIV-MGMXVII ARMIS VITRA MARE VITAM PRO PATRIA VITRO DEDIDERUNT; (side/côté): BRONZE
- Materials Bronze
- Branch Canadian Engineers
- Service Component Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Measurements Thickness 0.5 cm, Outside Diameter 5.2 cm
- Caption George Joseph CHEQUER;::George Joseph CHEQUER
- Additional Information Born in Ottawa in February 1921, Chequer enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in August 1940. He graduated as a pilot, was commissioned in December 1942, and embarked for the United Kingdom in January 1943. He was posted to No. 514 Squadron, Royal Air Force (RAF) in September. Chequer was killed 30 January 1944 when his Lancaster was struck by flak.