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Good Afternoon Everyone.....

Well it has finally arrived and I can do my Jiffy Bag Dance.....

I have been looking for one of these for a long long time.....

One of the things that I started many years ago was to obtain at least one QSA medal from every British Regular Army Unit that served in South Africa.....

I never thought that I would find one to Irish Guards and so thought that I would never be able to complete my quest.....

Well now I can say that I do have a Guards medal.....

Mike



705 PRIVATE J. DONNELLY

1st Battalion Irish Guards

Regimental Number: 705 Rank: Private

Name: Donnelly, James

D.O.B : 1880

Trade: Labourer

P.O.B.: Ballinrobe, County Mayo

Age: 21 Years 6 Months

Enlisted: 7th February 1901, Liverpool
Joined Regiment: 9th February 1901, London

Height: 5 Foot 8 ¼ Inches
Complexion: Fresh
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Brown

Services:

Home – 07/02/01 to 06/02/02 – 1st Battalion
South Africa – 07/02/02 to 06/10/02 – 2nd Guards Mounted Infantry
Home – 07/10/02 to 05/02/13
Discharged – 06/02/13

Medals / Awards: Queen’s South Africa Medal – Cape Colony, South Africa 1902

Certificates: Mounted Infantry Certificate, Aldershot, 6th February, 1902

Military Conduct: Very Good

Served: Guards Mounted Infantry, No. 2 Company, 2 Section, Irish Guards

Married: 11/09/10 St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, Liverpool, to Miss. Mary Garland

Very nice Mike, certainly not a medal you will see very often, I'm pleased for you!

Well done Mike,a very nice addition to the collection
So does this mean you have completed your quest? if not what do you still require.

Paul

Very nice - and one of the first direct recruits, a number of the early Irish Guardsmen transferred from other regiments.

Regards
Meurig

coldstream wrote: Well done Mike,a very nice addition to the collection
So does this mean you have completed your quest? if not what do you still require.

Paul

Hi Paul......

At first I thought I had all the ones that I needed but on doing a review I have found that I need 2 more.....

Both Cavalry.....

4th Hussars - 44 Medals issued and named to unit, end of WO 100/ 114

21st Hussars / Lancers - 43 Medals issued and named to unit, end of WO 100/119 p173 onwards.

I was lucky enough to get a 15th Hussars on ebay, 23 Medals issued and named to unit.

I know that many men served in other units but normally the medals were named to the unit they were serving in during the campaign.....


Mike

Congratulations, Mike, on another milestone in your collecting career. I am pleased that you have already identified two more, so we can expect more results in the future. Do you also collect QSA's for all the Colonial regiments?

Regards
Brett