Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (6166 Gr. J. Lynch 9 M.B. R.A.) good very fine £140-£180

James Lynch was born in Kerry, Ireland, in 1875. He served in India from 19 September 1895 to 12 April 1901, but his Army Service Record makes mention of being struck down by ‘beri beri’ resulting in declining health. Discharged medically unfit with a heart condition on 15 October 1901, his character was described as ‘fair’; Lynch survived a further 48 years, finally dying in Romford in consequence of pneumonia on 25 July 1949.