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WW1 Silver War Badge Records

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    major tomas
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    Hi
    New to this, looking to trace my granduncle who died in the first world war.
    William Higgins irish guards Sgt. 2445 .
    Thanks.


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    johnny_doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 1,021 ✭✭✭johnny_doyle


    welcome MT.

    Not sure how much you already have. His entry in Soldiers Died in the Great War reads :

    Name: William Higgins
    Birth Place: Kanturk, Co. Cork
    Death Date: 21 Oct 1915
    Death Location: France & Flanders
    Enlistment Location: Cork
    Rank: Sergeant
    Regiment: Irish Guards
    Battalion: 2nd. Battalion
    Number: 2445
    Type of Casualty: Killed in action

    CWGC shows 2nd Battn, age 27 (not always a reliable figure)

    http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=251696

    Irish Guards records aren't online but are obtainable.

    Medal cards shows entered France 17/8/1915. 1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory medal awarded


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    #4
    major tomas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭major tomas


    Hi Jonny Doyle,
    Thank you for info where can I get medal record or do you have it.

    Cheers mt


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    johnny_doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 1,021 ✭✭✭johnny_doyle


    MT

    head on over to Findagrave :

    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56589221

    For Irish Guards records:

    Guards Museum, Wellington Barracks, Birdcage Walk, London SW1E 6HQ

    JD


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