BRITISH WAR MEDAL TO SJT IRONSIDE -A DCM WINNER WHO DIED OF WOUNDS ON 19/11/1914-DCM AWARDED FOR 23RD AUGUST 1914-LISTED IN DE-RUVIGNYS ROLL OF HONOUR

British War Medal, named to:
32255 SJT.R.S.IRONSIDE.R.A.
32255 Serjeant Robert Stewart Ironside 120th Battery Royal Field Artillery died of wounds on 9th November 1914 aged 31.The Son of Hannah Coon (formerly Ironside) of Hunworth, Melton Constable, Norfolk, and the late William Stewart Ironside. Native of Aberdeen.
He was born at Sheffield and enlisted at Newcastle-on Tyne.
DCM-formerly 9604 Northumberland Fusiliers
DCM London Gazette 11th November 1914
3225 Serjeant R.S. Ironside 120th battery R.F.A.
"Although wounded at St Ghislain on 23rd August. he continued to act as No 1 of his sub-section under heavy gun and rifle fire, and for subsequent valuable work."
A very early award of the DCM for WW1
Listed in de-Ruvigny's roll of honour, with a photo of him.
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