Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private J. Jenkins, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
1914-15 Star (14871 Pte. J. Jenkins. R.W. Fus:); British War Medal 1914-20 (14871 Pte. J. Jenkins. R.W. Fus.) nearly very fine

Pair: Private P. McShane, South Lancashire Regiment
1914-15 Star (12786 Pte. P. Mc.Shane. S. Lan. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (12786 Pte. P. Mc Shane. S. Lan. R.) nearly very fine

Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (60222 Gnr. J. Gardiner. R.A.; 6467 Pte. F. W. Hyland. 7 Bn. A.I.F.) good very fine (6)
£50-70

Peter McShane served with the 7th Battalion South Lancashire Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 July 1915, and also with the Machine Gun Corps. He was transferred to the Class ‘Z’ Army Reserve on 27 February 1919.

John Gardiner served with the 87th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery during the Great War.

Francis William Hyland was born in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia, in 1898 and attested for the Australian Imperial Force on 3 July 1916. He embarked for service with the 21/7th Battalion at Melbourne on 2 October 1916, and arrived in France on 12 January 1917. He was wounded in action in France on 4 October 1917. He arrived back in Melbourne on 5 September 1919, and was discharged as medically unfit due to disability caused by gun shot wound to the right groin and thigh on 17 November 1919.