Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private P. McPhilips, Royal Irish Fusiliers

1914-15 Star (10852 Pte. P. Mc.Philips. R. Ir. Fus.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (10852 Pte. P. Mc Philips. R. Ir. Fus.); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Iraq, N.W. Persia (10852 Pte. P. Mc.Phillips. [sic] R. Ir. Fus.) contact marks, good very fine (3) £140-£180

Patrick McPhilips was born in Castlerahan, Co. Cavan, in 1893 and attested for the Royal Irish Fusiliers on 27 October 1911. He served in India from 4 March 1913 to 13 October 1914; in France during the Great War from 19 December 1914 to 8 October 1917; in Egypt from 27 December 1917 to 21 May 1919; and in Mesopotamia from 18 October 1919.