British and World Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private M. Curran, Cameron Highlanders, who was wounded in France in May 1916 and later invalided from Salonica with malaria

1914-15 Star (S-16815 Pte. M. Curran, Cam’n Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (S-16815 Pte. M. Curran, Camerons), generally good very fine (3) £60-80

Michael Curran was born in Ayrshire and enlisted in the Camerons in Glasgow in January 1915, aged 27 years. Initially posted to the 8th Battalion, he was sent out to France as a reinforcement for the 7th Battalion in early October 1915, the latter unit nearly having been wiped out attacking Hill 70 during the battle of Loos in the previous month. For his own part, Curran was wounded in the hand by a gunshot in late May 1916 and did not return to regular duty until joining the 3rd Battalion in November of the same year. Later still, he served in the 2nd Battalion in Salonika, where he contracted malaria, and he was demobilised in early 1919 after being admitted to 1st Scottish General Hospital.