Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

1914 Star (8276 Pte. W. Whitehead. R. Ir: Regt.) good very fine £100-£140

William Whitehead attested for the Royal Irish Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914. He would have been present for his battalion’s fighting at the Battle of Mons on 23 August where they were heavily engaged around the cemetery; at the rearguard action at Solesmes on 25 August; and during the retreat at Caudry as part of the Battle of Le Cateau on 26 August, and it was during this latter action that he was captured and taken Prisoner of War at Caudry on 26 August 1914.

Sold with copied Medal Index Card and Prisoner of War roll extract.