Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Private W. Clyde, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, killed in action, 1st day of the battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916

British War and Victory Medals (27133 Pte., R. Innis. Fus.) slight edge bruising, good very fine (2) £250-300

William Clyde was born in Mountjoy, Co. Tyrone and enlisted at Omagh. Serving with the 10th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, he was killed in action on the 1st day of the battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, aged 18 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. He was the son of Archibald and Isabella Clyde of Botera, Omagh, Co. Tyrone.