PRIVATE D. CAULFIELD, 7TH BATTALION ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILIERS, KILLED IN ACTION 9/9/1916 (BATTLE OF GUINCHY). British War Medal (officially impressed: 23267 PTE. D. CAULFIELD. R. INNIS. FUS.). Extremely Fine.
£90.00
PRIVATE D. CAULFIELD, 7TH BATTALION ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILIERS, KILLED IN ACTION 9/9/1916 (BATTLE OF GUINCHY). British War Medal (officially impressed: 23267 PTE. D. CAULFIELD. R. INNIS. FUS.). Extremely Fine.
Medal accompanied by copied Medal Index card, WW1 medal roll and Commonwealth War Graves details. WW1 medal roll confirms that Caulfield saw service exclusively with the 7th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He was also entitled to the Victory Medal but not to either of the Stars.
Denis Caulfield was born in St. Johnston, Co. Donegal. On the outbreak of WW1 he was resident in Letterkenny and enlisted at Strabane. He was killed on 9/9/1916 (Battle of Guinchy).
The 7th Inniskillings were raised at Omagh in October 1914 and landed in France as a unit in February 1916. They were in the front line at Hulluch on 27/4/1916, when the Germans launched a gas attack, as a result of which the battalion lost 10 officers and 253 other ranks, killed, wounded and missing (including 137 men gassed). The 7th Inniskillings also took part in the Battle of the Somme, including the battle of Guinchy on 9/9/1916, when the battalion advanced in the face of intense machine gun fire, during which action the battlalion lost 5 officers and 184 other ranks killed, wounded and missing. At Guinchy the 7th Inniskillings formed part of 49th Brigade, 16th (Irish) Division.