PRIVATE D. DOUGLAS, 2ND GARRISON BATTALION ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS and 11th BATTALION ROYAL HIGHLANDERS (BLACK WATCH)). British War Medal (officially impressed: 15477 PTE. D. DOUGLAS R. HIGHRS.).
£145.00
THE BRITISH WAR MEDAL TO PRIVATE D. DOUGLAS, WHO SAW SERVICE INITIALLY WITH THE 2ND GARRISON BATTALION ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS, A WAR-TIME RAISED BATTALION THAT WAS FORMED IN DUBLIN IN APRIL 1916 AND SAW SERVICE IN DUBLIN DURING THE 1916 RISING, SUBSEQUENTLY SEEING SERVICE WITH THE 11th BATTALION ROYAL HIGHLANDERS (BLACK WATCH). British War Medal (officially named, impressed in plain capital letters and numbers: 13477 PTE. D. DOUGLAS R. HIGHRS.).
Official correction to the number “3” in regimental number, otherwise attractively toned, Extremely Fine and virtually as struck.
Medal accompanied by copied Medal Index card, extract WW1 medal roll and copied Pension Index Card.
Medal Index card confirms Private David Douglas entitled to British War and Victory Medals only (no Star).
Medal roll records Douglas as having first seen service with the 2nd Garrison Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers and subsequently with the 11th Battalion Royal Highlanders.
Douglas’s Pension Index Card is dated 9/2/1921.
Although Douglas’s British War Medal is named to him as a Private in the Royal Highlanders, the medal was actually awarded to him for services with the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers, the 11th Royal Highlanders being a Home Service battalion that did not serve overseas during WW1.
The 2nd Garrison Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers was formed at Dublin in April 1916 and saw service in Dublin during the 1916 Rising. The battalion transferred to Templemore, County Tipperary, in May 1916 and was posted for service in Salonika in August 1916, seeing service in Salonika from 1/3/1917 to 6/8/1917 with the 228th Brigade, attached 28th Division. On 30/9/1918 the battalion was stationed in Macedonia serving on the lines of communication.
The 11th (Reserve) Battalion Royal Highlanders was formed in October 1914 and saw service during the First World War exclusively at home.