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№ 90

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9 May 2018

Hammer Price:
£750

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private Joseph Coady, 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment, who was killed in action in March 1918

Military Medal, G.V.R. (10701 L. Cpl. J. Coady. 2/R. Ir: R.); 1914 Star (10701 Pte. J. Coady. R. Ir: Regt.); British War and Victory Medals (10701 Pte. J. Coady. R. Ir. Regt.) good very fine (4) £400-500

M.M. London Gazette 10 November 1916.

Joseph Coady served in France and Flanders from 13 August 1914, and was killed in action in France on 21 March 1918, aged 20, son of James Coady of Co. Tipperary. He is commemorated by name on the Pozieres Memorial.