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Pair: Private W. E. Donohoe, 26th (3rd Tyneside Irish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers,...
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Pair: Private W. E. Donohoe, 26th (3rd Tyneside Irish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916 British War and Victory Medals (26-17 Pte. W. E. Donohoe, North’d Fus.) extremely fine (2) £180-£220 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- William Edward Donohoe was born in Ashington, Northumberland, and attested there for the Northumberland Fusiliers, serving with the 26th (3rd Tyneside Irish) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916. He was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, on which date the Battalion, alongside the 1st, 2nd, and 4th Tyneside Irish Battalions, as part of the 103rd Brigade, 34th Division, was tasked with attacking the German positions at La Boisselle. Advancing at 7:45 a.m. the Battalion came under heavy fire from the moment the assembly trenches were left, but ‘advanced as if on parade under heavy machine gun and shell fire’, with small parties holding out in shell holes in No Man’s Land. The other Tyneside Irish Battalions fared no better: the 1st Tyneside Irish came under intense machine gun fire, and only one officer with a handful of men reached the objective before being forced to retire; the 2nd Tyneside Irish maintained the advance until ‘only a few scattered soldiers were left standing, the discipline and courage of all ranks being remarkable’; and the 4th Tyneside Irish managed to reach the objective, before being forced to retire, having suffered over 70% casualties. In total the tremendous casualties inflicted upon the four Tyneside Irish battalions were among the worst ever recorded on the Somme, with the 2nd Tyneside Irish suffering 489 casualties, and the four Battalions in total suffering well over 2,000 casualties. Donohoe was amongst those killed. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. Sold with a Tyneside Irish cap badge; and copied medal index card and other research.
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Pair: Private W. E. Donohoe, 26th (3rd Tyneside Irish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916 British War and Victory Medals (26-17 Pte. W. E. Donohoe, North’d Fus.) extremely fine (2) £180-£220 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- William Edward Donohoe was born in Ashington, Northumberland, and attested there for the Northumberland Fusiliers, serving with the 26th (3rd Tyneside Irish) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916. He was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, on which date the Battalion, alongside the 1st, 2nd, and 4th Tyneside Irish Battalions, as part of the 103rd Brigade, 34th Division, was tasked with attacking the German positions at La Boisselle. Advancing at 7:45 a.m. the Battalion came under heavy fire from the moment the assembly trenches were left, but ‘advanced as if on parade under heavy machine gun and shell fire’, with small parties holding out in shell holes in No Man’s Land. The other Tyneside Irish Battalions fared no better: the 1st Tyneside Irish came under intense machine gun fire, and only one officer with a handful of men reached the objective before being forced to retire; the 2nd Tyneside Irish maintained the advance until ‘only a few scattered soldiers were left standing, the discipline and courage of all ranks being remarkable’; and the 4th Tyneside Irish managed to reach the objective, before being forced to retire, having suffered over 70% casualties. In total the tremendous casualties inflicted upon the four Tyneside Irish battalions were among the worst ever recorded on the Somme, with the 2nd Tyneside Irish suffering 489 casualties, and the four Battalions in total suffering well over 2,000 casualties. Donohoe was amongst those killed. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. Sold with a Tyneside Irish cap badge; and copied medal index card and other research.
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