AN EXCELLENT & RARE 1914 Star & Bar Trio,
INDIAN GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL (Waziristan 1921-24)
LONG SERV' GOOD CONDUCT (Reg' Army)
MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL,
DEFENCE MEDAL.WW2 (HOME GUARD)Group of Seven.
JOSEPH TYNAN (1931).

To:4094. Pte. J. TYNAN 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers
312040 Sgt J. TYNAN. R.A.S.C (others)
Served with 34th Divisional Motor Transport Company R.A.S.C (India)

5th (Royal Irish) Lancers (HISTORY)

In March 1914, the regiment was encamped at Curragh, Ireland, as part of 3rd Cavalry Brigade, which was mistakenly informed that its officers would have to impose home rule on Northern Ireland or resign, in what became known as the Curragh Incident. Many of the brigade's officers were Irish Protestants and so over 80 per cent of them initially offered to resign before the mistake was corrected. This correction also allowed the 5th Lancers to sail for the Western Front five months later.

THE GREAT WAR
Joseph Tynan left Dublin on 15th August arrived in France (Le Havre) on 17th August 1914 and as such was one of the very earliest cavalry entrants. At the end of August they were involved in the Battle of Mons where they fought a strong rearguard action against the advancing German Army, being the last unit to leave the town. In October they were involved in the Battle of Messines and then in the first Battle of Ypres. THE RETURN TO MONS He and his unit fought right through The Great War, fighting at Mons in both August 1914 and November 1918.

WARS END
In the 1918 action it suffered sad distinction of suffering the very last British casualty of the war, Private George Ellison, who was shot by a sniper at 09:30am on 11th November 1918....just 90 minutes before the Armistice came into effect at 11:00am ! As fellow pre-war entrants who had fought the entire war together Ellison & Tynan surely must have known each other.

As a survivor of just about every battle imaginable and some of the bloodiest fighting of the war he truly did have the Luck of the Irish on his side. Joseph was a truly rare example of a surviving Irish Cavalry "Old Contemptible" pre-war entrant.

At wars end, the 5th Lancers were deployed to Risalpur in India, where they were disbanded in 1921. A single squadron of the regiment was re-raised the following year to merge with the 16th Queen's Lancers to form the 16th/5th Lancers.

SERVICE IN INDIA
On the disbandment of the 5th, Joseph Tynan joined the 34th Div' (Indian) M. T. Coy, R.A.S.C. This motor transport unit had also fought in France prior to moving out to India at the end of the war. Joseph received the Indian General Service Medal (WAZIRISTAN 1921-1924) for his service there. The commanding officer of the unit applied for Joseph's 1914 clasp on 1st July 1923.

Joseph was an Irishman who married and settled in the UK after the war. He lived at 12 Rosebery Gardens, Elm Grove, Sutton, Surrey, certainly up until the 1960's. Also with the group are some charming bits of paperwork which include two of the old original R.F. 60a Motor Car registration 'Green' log books ... In 1949 Mr Tynan bought a 1947 'Chrysler Richmond' saloon in black ...road tax was then £12 10. 0d per year (no inflation then ) ..he bought Mrs Tynan a new (1951) petrol powered bicycle called a 'MINIMOTOR' This machine's engine was produced locally in Croydon on licence from the Italian parent company. These were classed as a motorbike and the log book shows a road tax in 1951 at just 17/6d PER YEAR !!! ( that's 87.5 pence per year !! ).

ALSO INCLUDED are the couples Post War ration books and Mrs Tynan's WW2 identification card. Also included is the original issue letter for Joseph Tynan's MSM dated 13th November 1952.


AN EXCELLENT & RARE "OLD CONTEMPTIBLE's GROUP OF SEVEN TO ONE OF THE "MOST" COLLECTABLE UNITS YOU COULD WISH FOR. AWARDED TO A MAN WITH AMAZING LUCK & LONG SERVICE.
A "MUST HAVE" ITEM FOR THE SERIOUS IRISH CAVALRY COLLECTOR
ALL MEDALS EF ON ORIGINAL RIBBONS ...FIVE MOUNTED AS WORN .( MSM IS " MINT STATE". WITH ORIGINAL BOX ) 1914 clasp is a contemporary slider but we can supply a genuine 1914 clasp if required.

£1695.00. ( Part Exchanges Welcome )