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A Great War 'Western Front' M.C. group of five awarded to Major P. K. Doyle, Leinster...

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of five awarded to Major P. K. Doyle, Leinster Regiment, later East Surrey Regiment, who was twice wounded Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse privately engraved ‘P. K. Doyle, 22nd March 1918’; British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. P. K. Doyle. M.C. Leinster R.) and additionally stamped ‘Duplicate’; Victory Medal 1914-19 (Capt. P. K. Doyle.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for wear; together with the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted, generally good very fine (5) £700-£900 --- Provenance: Michael McGoona Collection of Medals to the Leinster Regiment, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2000. M.C. London Gazette 16 September 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. This officer took command of the battalion when all the senior officers had become casualties. He rallied the men and showed a fine example of leadership and courage, inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy, until he was severely wounded.’ Philip Kevin Doyle was born on 8 March 1896 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Leinster Regiment on 5 July 1916. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 July 1916 to 3 September 1916, and again from 23 November 1917 to 10 May 1918, being twice wounded, and being awarded the Military Cross. He saw further service during the Second World War as a Major with the East Surrey Regiment.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of five awarded to Major P. K. Doyle, Leinster Regiment, later East Surrey Regiment, who was twice wounded Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse privately engraved ‘P. K. Doyle, 22nd March 1918’; British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. P. K. Doyle. M.C. Leinster R.) and additionally stamped ‘Duplicate’; Victory Medal 1914-19 (Capt. P. K. Doyle.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for wear; together with the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted, generally good very fine (5) £700-£900 --- Provenance: Michael McGoona Collection of Medals to the Leinster Regiment, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2000. M.C. London Gazette 16 September 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. This officer took command of the battalion when all the senior officers had become casualties. He rallied the men and showed a fine example of leadership and courage, inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy, until he was severely wounded.’ Philip Kevin Doyle was born on 8 March 1896 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Leinster Regiment on 5 July 1916. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 July 1916 to 3 September 1916, and again from 23 November 1917 to 10 May 1918, being twice wounded, and being awarded the Military Cross. He saw further service during the Second World War as a Major with the East Surrey Regiment.

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