continuing to experience "shock" and exhibiting a slight gun shot wound (shrapnel) to his right thigh
where they and the 13th Volunteer Infantry Battalion (The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry) fell back when charged by a massive force of better armed and highly experienced Fenian insurgents
and three weeks afterwards
with the intact slider of the cap badge and lugs of the collar tabs exposed on the reverse
the actual officer's name and rank in handwritten black ink
First Day Vimy Kia- 18Th Infantry GTRexclude continuing to experience "shock" andBritish War and Victory Medals (401335 A. CPL. B. PANTALL. 18 CAN. INF.). Naming is officially impressed. Crisp detail, extremely fine. Confirmed killed in action (CWG) 09 04 1917. First day of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Footnote: Bernard Pantall completed his Attestation Paper under the name of George Symonds, on August 4, 1915, in London, Ontario. He stated his date of birth as June 18, 1894 in Birmingham, England and listed his trade as Labourer.