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RIC Visit to Ireland 1903

Visit to Ireland Medal 1903, EDVII, King Edward VII’s Visit Commemoration Medal, complete with shamrock top brooch, Constable T.J. Young, RIC, Royal Irish Constabulary.

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Visit to Ireland Medal 1903, EDVII, King Edward VII’s Visit Commemoration Medal, complete with shamrock top brooch.

 

Officially engraved: “C.T.J. Young. R.I.C.”

 

Constable T.J. Young of the Royal Irish Constabulary.

 

Pension records of the R.I.C. record a career Constable Thomas J. Young, born in 1881 and discharged to pension on 31st May 1922, citing 21 years 3 months service. It mentions that he had served in Belfast, so probably saw the tail end of his service during the “Troubles”.