GENUINE FULL SIZE MEDALS. NAMING ON MEDALS : 2978 PTE. FERGUSON CAME FROM THE SHANKILL AREA OF BELFAST. FERGUSON FINNEY SERVED WITH THE 1ST BATTALION IN GALLIPOLI ENTERING THEATRE (2B) 24-5-15. HE WAS LATER TRANSFERRED TO THE LABOUR CORPS. HE SPENT SIXTY DAYS IN HOSPITAL DUE TO GUN SHOT WOUND TO ABDOMEN 2/12/1916 TO 30/ 1 /1917. AFTER THE WAR HE SETS OUT FOR CANADA, 1929 RETURNING TO BELFAST 1935. AN INTERESTING RESEARCH PROJECT. PAPERS CAN BE EMAILED IF REQUIRED. The 7/8th Battalion, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers was formed on the 23rd of August 1917 when the 7th Battalion amalgamated with 8th. They were in action in the Third Battles of Ypres. In 1918 they were in action on the Somme 1918 suffering very heavy casualties and on the 22nd April 1918 the battalion was reduced to cadre strength. On the 17th of June they transferred to 102nd Brigade, 34th Division then on the 26th to GHQ Troops. The battalion was re-established with men joining from 8th Battalion, Rifle Brigade and on the 3rd of July 1918 they joined 89th Brigade, 30th Division. They were in action during the Advance in Flanders and by the Armistice had crossed the River Scheldt with advanced units reaching the line between Ghoy and la Livarde, north west of Lessines. In January 1919 30th Division took up duty at the Base Ports of Dunkirk, Calais, Boulogne and Etaples and demobilisation began. 15th Apr 1918 One hundred men of the 7/8 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers received a suspended court-martial on the same day. The battalion was being disbanded and they went on strike to prevent it. The high number of non Irish soldiers striking shows the camaraderie and respect these merged replacements had for a regiment they previously had no attachment to. The unusual event was remarkable in that the sentence normally punishable by death was suspended. They all went back to fight the following day. The item “WW1 Medal Trio Ferguson Finney Inniskilling Fusiliers Shankill, Belfast” is in sale since Sunday, September 18, 2016. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War I (1914-1918)\Medals/ Ribbons”. The seller is “alanbriancooper” and is located in Bangor. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Type: Medals & Ribbons
- Era: 1914-1945
- Conflict: World War I (1914-1918)
- Service: Army
- Country/ Organization: Great Britain
- Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued