A Collection of Medals to Recipients of the 1914 Star

Three: Sapper D. O’Connor, 1st Siege Company, Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Special Reserve)

1914 Star, with clasp (385635 Sapr: D. O’ Conner. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (385635 Spr. D. O’Connor. R.E.) very fine (3) £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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Daniel O’Connor was born in St. Anne’s, Lancashire in 1884 and attested for the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Special Reserve) in 1908. He served with the 1st Siege Company during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 November 1914, and was hospitalised and repatriated to England in both 1915 and 1916. Having transferred to the Labour Corps, he was discharged, no longer physically fit for war service, on 3 January 1918 and awarded a Silver War Badge. His medal roll entries and medal index card also refer to service with the 1st Battalion, Liverpool Regiment and the Royal Army Service Corps.