A Vancouver Island woman’s wish has finally been fulfilled.
81-year-old Grace Madill of Sidney gifted her father’s Distinguished Conduct Medal for outstanding bravery in action during World War One to the Seaforth Highlanders during a ceremony in Vancouver yesterday.
Her father, Sgt. Maj. Hilton Soles enlisted with the Seaforth Highlanders in Victoria back in 1915 and ended up being awarded the honour three times, the only Canadian ever to do so.
Madill decided to donate the medals because she wanted them “to go back where they belonged.”
“It was really neat when we were leaving. The young cadets were coming and thanking me for coming and giving the medals to them.”
The medal was the second highest award for valour given, just below the Victoria Cross.
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