Lot Archive

Lot

№ 811

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29 March 2000

Hammer Price:
£270

Three: Private Thomas Walsh, 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards

1914-15 Star (7074 Pte., I. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (7174 Pte., Ir. Gds.) together with Bronze Memorial Plaque (Thomas Walsh) nearly extremely fine (4) £120-150

Thomas Walsh was born in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork, and enlisted there for the Irish Guards. He was killed in action, France & Flanders, on 7 October 1915, and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.