Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (2. Lieut. L. T. Burgess. R. Ir. Rif.) good very fine, rare to unit £240-£280

Leonard Thomas Burgess was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Irish Rifles, and served with the Machine Gun Corps during the Great War on the Western Front from July 1916. His British War and Victory Medal pair were issued from the Machine Gun Corps medal roll.

Sold with copied medal index card and medal roll extracts which show Burgess as being one of only two officers from the Royal Irish Rifles to receive the Territorial Force War Medal.