Three: Private J. McLachlan, 1st Battalion Connaught Rangers, killed in action, Mesopotamia, 11 March 1916

1914 Star (10085 Pte., 1/Conn. Rang.); British War and Victory Medals (10085 Pte., Conn. Rang.) nearly extremely fine (3) £250-300

John McLachlan was born and lived in Govan, Lanarkshire, and enlisted at Dublin. Serving with the 1st Battalion Connaught Rangers he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 26 September 1914. He later served in Mesopotamia where he was killed in action, 11 March 1916, in the attack on the Turkish positions at Abu Roman, in the expedition to relief Kut. His name is commemorated on the Basra Memorial.