Shown below in the first three images is the Memorial Cross named to 761032 Pte. T. KILLEN Canadian Infantry ( Central Ontario Regt., Canada), stamped STERLING and with the original length of ribbon which is still sewn together. The fourth image is his solid hallmarked 10K gold WW1 121st.Western Irish sweetheart pin. Private Thomas Killen was born in Maybole, Ayr, Scotland on 7 January 1890 and was a shoemaker by trade. Private Killen first joined the 121st Western Irish out of New Westminster, BC and subsequently transferred to the 54th (Kootenay) Battalion. On the 26 March 1917,the day that he was killed in action, the 54th Battalion's War Diary states that they relieved the 102nd in the front lines and that 5 ORs were killed and 8 wounded. He now lies buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Click on the images to view them full size.