Lot 843
A FIRST AND SECOND WORLD WAR GALLANTRY GROUP OF FIVE TO THE ROYAL SCOTS.
A group of five comprising a Military Medal named to 13400 Pte J. Mc Guire 12/R.Scots, a 14/15 Star similarly named, War medal, detached from ribbon, similarly named and Italy Star and War Medal 39-45, unnamed as issued, mounted apparently as worn. Private John McGuire seems to have been a furnaceman from Glasgow, he arrived in Northern France on the 11th May 1915, with the 12th Royal Scots, a K1 Service Battalion his Military Medal for Bravery in the Field was Gazetted on the 16th November 1917, pp11969. He was wounded on the 22nd November and entitled to a wound stripe. Having been reported missing in 1918 he is confirmed as a German Prisoner of War by the 11th September 1918 and released by the 14th of December. Presumably the recipient will have been entitled to other medals alongside those here such as the Victory Medal.
