Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Three: Private A. Kearney, Manchester Regiment, who was killed in action at the Second Battle of Ypres on 26 April 1915
1914-15 Star (1674 Pte. A. Kearney. Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1674. Pte. A. Kearney. Manch. R.) some staining to VM, very fine

Five: Air Mechanic H. Kearney, Royal Flying Corps, later Royal Air Force
Victory Medal 1914-19 (35825. 2.A.M. H. Kearney. R.F.C.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with a Great War Masonic Million Memorial Fund Jewel, silver, the reverse engraved ‘Bro. H. Kearney, No. 5864’, in card box of issue with enclosure; and West Lancashire Masonic Charity Jewel, gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Bro. H. Kearney’; and the recipient’s Second War card identity tags, very fine (8) £100-£140

Alfred Kearney, a native of Birmingham, attested for the Manchester Regiment and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 January 1915. He was killed in action at the Second Battle of Ypres on 26 April 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Harry Kearney attested for the Royal Flying Corps on 5 July 1916 for service during the Great War, and subsequently saw further service during the Second World War.