Orders, Decorations and Medals

1914 Star (2) (9167 Pte. A. Courtney, 1/R. Ir. Rif.; 8929 Pte. J. Walsh, R. Ir. Fus.) very fine and better (2) £70-90

Alexander Courtney was born in Comber, Co. Down and enlisted at Belfast. Serving in the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, he was killed in action on 21 March 1918. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial.