Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Sergeant J. Mulvaney, alias J. Brown, Cheshire Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6308. Pte. J. Brown. Ches. Regt.) renamed; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6308. Pte. J. Brown. Ches. Regt.) renamed; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (6308 Pte. J. Mulvaney. Ches. R.) edge digs, contact marks, good fine (4) £60-£80

M.I.D. London Gazette, 8 July 1919.

Joseph Mulvaney was born in Connah’s Quay, Flintshire, in 1882. He attested into the Cheshire Regiment on 5 April 1900 using the name of Joseph Brown, and served in South Africa during the Boer War. Awarded a five clasp Queen’s South Africa Medal (CC, OFS, TVL, SA01, SA02), he saw later service during the Great War. Wounded on 14 July 1918, he was Mentioned in Despatches for services during the Great War, and was discharged on 31 March 1920.