Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Malabar 1921-22 (7177659 Pte. S. Judge, Leins. R.) minor edge nicks, good very fine £160-£200

Stephen Judge was born in Edinburgh on 31 October 1865 and attested for the Connaught Rangers at Leith on 7 January 1916, serving with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front (entitled to British War and Victory Medals). Transferring to the Leinster Regiment he served with the 1st Battalion in India and was present during the Malabar rebellion of August 1921 to February 1922, the last fighting done by members of any of the six southern Irish regiments that were disbanded in July 1922.

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