1914-15 STAR (6) (L. Cpl. E. Pickering, R. Innis. Fus.; Pte. J.F. Pickles, R. Dub. Fus.; Pte. C. O'Brien, R. Dub. Fus.; Pte. T.W. Farnsworth, R. Muns. Fus.; Pte. J. Garbett, R. Muns. Fus.; Pte. C.W. Prosser, R. Muns. Fus.); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-18 (Pte. J. Butterworth, R. Mun. Fus.); VICTORY 1914-19 (Cpl. P. O'Brien, R. Innis. Fus.); Three: Gunner H. Wilson, Royal Artillery, 1914 Star (Gnr., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Gnr., R.A.); Three: Driver W.H. Hornsby, Royal Artillery, 1914-15 Star (Dvr., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Dvr., R.A.); Pair: Lieutenant W. Sproule, Machine Gun Corps, British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaf (Lieut.), generally good very fine (16)

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1914-15 STAR (6) (L. Cpl. E. Pickering, R. Innis. Fus.; Pte. J.F. Pickles, R. Dub. Fus.; Pte. C. O'Brien, R. Dub. Fus.; Pte. T.W. Farnsworth, R. Muns. Fus.; Pte. J. Garbett, R. Muns. Fus.; Pte. C.W. Prosser, R. Muns. Fus.); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-18 (Pte. J. Butterworth, R. Mun. Fus.); VICTORY 1914-19 (Cpl. P. O'Brien, R. Innis. Fus.); Three: Gunner H. Wilson, Royal Artillery, 1914 Star (Gnr., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Gnr., R.A.); Three: Driver W.H. Hornsby, Royal Artillery, 1914-15 Star (Dvr., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Dvr., R.A.); Pair: Lieutenant W. Sproule, Machine Gun Corps, British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaf (Lieut.), generally good very fine (16)

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Lance-Corporal Edward Pickering, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, entered France on 18.11.1915 and was discharged through sickness on 22.2.1918.

Private James Pickles, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, entered the Balkans on 19.5.1915 and was discharged through wounds on 14.10.1919.

Private Charles O'Brien, 8th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, entered France in December 1915 and was discharged through sickness on 7.9.1916.

Private Thomas W. Farnsworth, Royal Munster Fusiliers, entered the Balkans on 16.10.1915 and was discharged through sickness on 23.11.1916.

Private John Garbett, 7th Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers, entered the Balkans on 9.7.1915.

Private Charles Prosser, Royal Munster Fusiliers, entered the Balkans on 24.8.1915.

Lieutenant William Sproule, Machine Gun Corps, was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 30.5.1918). Born on 17.4.1891 at Killyleagh, Co. Down, he played cricket for Ireland in 1923.