Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private J. Colvin, 11th (Donegal and Fermanagh) Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916

British War and Victory Medals (23637 Pte. J. Colvin. R. Innis. Fus.) good very fine (2) £240-£280

James Colvin attested for the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and served with the 11th (Donegal and Fermanagh) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916. He was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, on which date the Battalion was involved in support of the 36th (Ulster) Division’s attack at Thiepval Wood towards the Schwaben Redoubt, suffering high casualties from machine gun fire upon leaving the wood and attempting to cross No Man’s Land.

Colvin has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

Sold with copied Medal Index Card and Battalion War Diary extract.