Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (705 Pte. J. Donnelly, Irish Guards) edge bruise, contact marks, nearly very fine, scarce £500-600

James Donnelly was born in Co. Mayo. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for the Irish Guards at Liverpool on 7 February 1901, aged 21 years, 6 months. Gaining his Mounted Infantry Certificate on 6 February 1902, he served in South Africa, February-October 1902. He was discharged in February 1913.

705 Private J. Donnelly, Irish Guards served in a mounted infantry company under the command of Colonel Younghusband (ref: Irish Medals, by O. D. Cresswell). With copied service papers.