A Collection of Medals to Recipients of the 1914 Star

Four: Warrant Officer Class II J. Burns, 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment, later Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was Mentioned in Despatches for the Battle of the Aisne in 1914

1914 Star, with clasp (9499 Sjt. J. Burns. R. Ir: Regt.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (9499 W. O. Cl. 2. J. Burns. R. Ir. Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (7109103 W.O. Cl. II. J. Burns. R. W. Fus.) nearly very fine (4) £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Recipients of the 1914 Star.

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James Burns was born in 1890 at Stockton-on-Tees, Durham and attested there for the Royal Irish Regiment on 20 April 1908. He served as a Sergeant with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914 and was mentioned in Sir John French’s despatch of 8 October 1914 for services at the Aisne (London Gazette 19 October 1914).

Burns was advanced to Warrant Officer Class II and appointed Company Sergeant Major, serving overseas until 1916. He transferred to the Royal Welch Fusiliers on 11 October 1922 and died in Gibraltar from cardiac failure on 23 September 1932.