Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (2) (Hugh Dunn McGuinness; James McGuinness) good very fine (2) £70-90

Believed to be brothers.

Hugh Dunn McGuinness lived in Old Southgate and enlisted at Barnet. Serving in the 1/4th Battalion London Regiment, he was killed in action on 16 August 1917, aged 30 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Several ‘James’ or ‘J’ McGuinness’ on the CWGC list.