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№ 272

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19 June 2024

Hammer Price:
£160

Three: Private J. Colegate, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers or Royal Irish Fusiliers, later Wiltshire Regiment
1914-15 Star (4296 Pte. J. Colegate. R. Innis. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (4296 Pte. J. Colegate. R. Ir. Fus.) very fine

Three: Private J. Reilly, Royal Irish Fusiliers
1914-15 Star (2336 Pte. J. Reilly. R. Ir. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (2336 Pte. J. Reilly. R. Ir. Fus.), contact marks, very fine (6) £90-£120

James Colegate attested into either the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, or the Royal Irish Fusiliers, for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 21 December 1914. He saw further service with the Wiltshire Regiment. There are two conflicting Medal index Cards for the recipient, both giving the same Regimental number, with one stating R. Innis: Fus:, the other R. Irish Fus.
John Reilly attested into the Royal Irish Fusiliers on 26 April 1909 and served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front from 16 February 1915. Transferring into the Royal Irish Regiment, he was discharged as a consequence of wounds and sickness on 19 February 1917 and awarded a Silver War Badge No. 31797.

Sold with copied Medal Index Cards.