WW1 1914 Star, BWM & VM all named 7651 PTE W MC DONALD R IR RE, WW2 DM & WM all unnamed as issued & Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal named 7110240 CPL W MC DONALD Y&L R.
Wilfred McDonald born 14th Oct 1888 in Richmond, Yorkshire was a musician when he enlisted into the Royal Irish Regt numbered 7651. He landed in France on 13th Aug 1914 with the 2nd Battalion and is listed in the Guernsey Evening Press of 9th Nov 1914 as being missing in action by 23rd Sep 1914. His Medal Index Card notes him as a Prisoner of War. His number changes during being a prisoner to 32813. After the war he joins the York & Lancaster Regt numbered 7110240 and is awarded his LS&GC in 1926.