Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (unsuccessful) (Corpl. James O’Reilly. 17th. Mch. 1914.) planchet only, edge bruising, good fine £100-£140

R.H.S. Case no. 41,000: ‘On 17 March 1914, Private Falkiner, Royal Munster Fusiliers, fell overboard from the R.I.M. S.S. Sladen into the Irrawaddy at Prome, Burma, the night being dark and the current strong. Corporal James O’Reilly plunged in after him but failed to reach him before he sank.’

Believed to be 7850 Corporal James O’Reilly, who was born in Cork and attested for the Royal Munster Fusiliers, serving with the 1st Battalion during the Great War as a Sergeant in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 25 April 1915, the first day of the Gallipoli campaign. Advanced Company Quartermaster Sergeant, he died of wounds on 15 September 1915.

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