Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Major J. McClay.) extremely fine £140-£180

John McClay is shown in the September 1921 Army List as being on Administration Staff of Mesopotamia Force as ‘Deputy Assistant Director of Inland Water Transport,’ Temporary Captain (Temp. Major 29.11.19) Service Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers. During the Great War he served in the 1st, and later 3rd, Tyneside Scottish Battalions. Medal index card confirms medal and clasp as Major, Northumberland Fusiliers, as well as entitlement to a Great War pair as Captain in the same regiment.