British War Medal
Date1914-1918
Dimensions3.8 × 0.3 × 3.6 cm (1 1/2 × 1/8 × 1 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. M. Bateman, London, Ontario, 1974
Object number1974.032.003
Label TextThomas Wilmot Stone, from Essex County, enlisted with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry on July 1, 1915. He was disabled by a wound received on September 15, 1916 and was honourably discharged about a year later. Stone received this British War Medal because he served served between 1914-1918. The government also authorized it for those who saw service in a theatre of war. The medal is missing its ribbon. It would have been a watered ribbon is 1.25 inches (3.175 cm) wide, and had seven stripes: blue, black, white, orange centre, white, black, and blue.
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