23 May 1918 - British Expeditionary Force Recreation Medal Awarded to Guardsman A. Belanger of the 87th Battalion C.E.F. for placing second in a three-legged race awarded to 660586 Pte Alfred Eloi Boulanger
23 May 1918 - British Expeditionary Force Recreation Medal Awarded to Guardsman A. Belanger of the 87th Battalion C.E.F. for placing second in a three-legged race awarded to 660586 Pte Alfred Eloi Boulanger
Description
A WW1 sports award dated 5 May 1918 - British Expeditionary Force Recreation Medal Awarded to 660586 Private Alfred Elio Belanger of the 87th Battalion C.E.F. for placing second in a three-legged race
Recipient: 660586 Private Alfred Elio Boulanger was born On February 2nd 1898 near the town of Sherbrooke Quebec. He enlisted with the 163rd Battalion CEF on The 15th of March 1916 and quickly was dispatched to France on 7 January 1917. After being transferred to the 150th Battalion, Pte Boulanger was finally absorbed into the 87th Bn CGG on 27th February 1918. During this period he won the pictured award during a Military sports day competition held on 23rd of May 1918.
5 months later, during the last 100 days of the war, Pte Alfred Elio Boulanger was killed in Action (KIA) on The 30th September 1918. He is buried at Cantimpre Cemetery in France.
