Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (4636 Cpl. J. F. O’Malley, Rl. Irish Fus:); British War Medal 1914-20 (18999 Pte. J. O’Malley. High. L.I.) heavy edge bruising and contact marks to QSA, therefore fine, the BWM good very fine (2) £120-160

James O’Malley was born in Greenock, Renfrewshire, in 1878, and attested for the Highland Light Infantry at Greenock. He served with the 12th (Service) Battalion during the Great War, and was killed in action on the Western Front on 25 September 1915, on the first day of the Battle of Loos, and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France.