Description
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”.