Lt. Thairs - Killed At The Battle Of Amiens Archive Torches of burning waste and

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

Military Merit Cross 2nd

bronze wreath and swords clasp on the ribbon but detached)

earning him the Corunna clasp for the MGSM and is listed as as a Gunner on the Muster Rolls from October 1808 and January 1809

(18th March) were interred the remains of the late Sergeant Ablett

Lt. Thairs - Killed At The Battle Of Amiens Archive Torches of burning waste andMemorial 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