Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Three: Private J. McCabe, Essex Regiment, who was killed in action at Gallipoli on 6 August 1915
1914-15 Star (18244 Pte. J. Mc.Cabe. Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (18244 Pte. J. Mc Cabe. Essex R.); Memorial Plaque (John McCabe) in card envelope, extremely fine

Pair: Private J. S. P. McCabe, Northumberland Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 1 April 1918
British War and Victory Medals (203432 Pte. J. S. P. Mc Cabe. North’d Fus.); Memorial Plaque (John Stephen Patrick McCabe) in card envelope, extremely fine (7) £300-£400

John McCabe was born in Bootle, Lancashire, and served in Gallipoli with the 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment, from 20 July 1915. On 6 August 1915, his Battalion went ‘over the top’ at Cape Helles supported by men of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, but the attack soon ground to a halt amidst heavy Turkish machine-gun fire. The recipient’s medal index card notes ‘Pres. died 6/8/15.’, McCabe being later buried at Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery near the village of Krithia.

John Stephen Patrick McCabe, brother of the above, was born in Liverpool and enlisted at Whitehall for the 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Recorded as wounded or sick in November 1917, he was killed in action on 1 April 1918, during the German Spring Offensive and is buried in the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez.

Sold with three original forwarding slips for the BWM and VM to J. McCabe, and the VM to J. S. P. McCabe.