Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (5110 Cpl. M. McCarthy 1st Bn. Ryl. Fuslrs.) rank, initial, and first part of surname officially corrected (the recipient’s rank having changed during the course of the campaign), edge bruise, very fine £600-£800

Michael McCarthy, a native of Tipperary, attested for the Royal Fusiliers on 16 October 1894. Promoted Corporal in April 1899, he was reduced to Lance Corporal in October 1901. He was promoted back to Corporal in April 1904 and to Lance Sergeant in March 1907; however, he was reduced to private for drunkenness in November that year. He served with the Regiment in India and Burma from November 1896, and took part in the Tibet Expedition of 1904, confirmed as being wounded at Gyantse Jung on 8 July 1904 during a gunpowder explosion- research confirms he was a member of ‘C’ company, who were guarding the citadel at the time, having been one of two companies of the regiment that had spearheaded the assault of Gyantse Jung two days earlier. McCarthy was discharged on 6 October 1913.

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