Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private T. Lancashire, Royal Irish Regiment, who was killed in action in the Ypres salient in April 1915

British War and Victory Medals (6973 Pte. T. Lancashire, R. Ir. Regt.), good very fine or better (2) £60-80

Thomas Lancashire, who was born in Manchester, was embarked for France as member of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment, in March 1915 and was killed in action on 24 April during the second battle of Ypres, quite probably at St. Julien, where the Germans used gas for the first time. The son of Mrs. Grace Lancashire of Clarissa Place, Cheetham, Manchester, he was 33 years of age and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial; as verified by his MIC entry, his 1914-15 Star was returned to the Royal Dockyard (Medals Brach), Woolwich to be broken up, as per King’s Regulations 1743 of 1912.