1939-45 STAR (5); ATLANTIC STAR (2); AFRICA STAR (4); ITALY STAR (3); BURMA STAR; PACIFIC STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; DEFENCE MEDAL 1939-45 (4); WAR MEDAL 1939-45 (W.E. Phillips); others unnamed (4); INDIA SERVICE MEDAL; AFRICA SERVICE MEDAL (G.H. Fielies); AUSTRALIA SERVICE MEDAL (H.A. Smith); NEW ZEALAND SERVICE (2); NEW ZEALAND MEMORIAL CROSS, G.VI.R., unnamed; miscellaneous British awards (8), very fine (40)

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1939-45 STAR (5); ATLANTIC STAR (2); AFRICA STAR (4); ITALY STAR (3); BURMA STAR; PACIFIC STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; DEFENCE MEDAL 1939-45 (4); WAR MEDAL 1939-45 (W.E. Phillips); others unnamed (4); INDIA SERVICE MEDAL; AFRICA SERVICE MEDAL (G.H. Fielies); AUSTRALIA SERVICE MEDAL (H.A. Smith); NEW ZEALAND SERVICE (2); NEW ZEALAND MEMORIAL CROSS, G.VI.R., unnamed; miscellaneous British awards (8), very fine (40)

Lot Essay

Private John Francis Edge, 6th Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment, entered the Balkans on 8.7.1915 and was killed in action, France/Flanders on 6.8.1917.

Private James McGill, Royal Irish Regiment, entered France on 6.4.1915 and later served in Labour Corps.

Private Ernest Grossman, Royal Irish Regiment, later served with the Middlesex Regiment.

Private Jeremiah Howells, Royal Irish Regiment, entered the Balkans on 8.7.1915 and later served with the Royal Irish Rifles and Somerset Light Infantry.

Private John Cooper, Royal Irish Regiment, entered the Balkans on 22.7.1915.

Private William McGowan, 6th Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment, entered France on 17.12.1915.