Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

1914 Star, with copy clasp (loose) (L-9636 Pte. J. McGrath, 2/The Queen’s R.) good very fine £40-60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb 1914 Star Collection.

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John McGrath was born in Holborn, Middlesex and residing in Islington, Middlesex, he enlisted at Guildford, Surrey. Serving with the 2nd Battalion The Queen’s Regiment, he entered the France / Flanders theatre of war on 4 October 1914. He was killed in action on 11 March 1915. He was buried in the Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard at Laventie.