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Sgt. Michael Reddin
British Army Royal Irish Regiment
from:Manchester
My great grandfather, Michael Reddin, was born in Limerick, Ireland in 1870. He served with the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Regiment in the Boer War as a corporal. He left the Army in 1902 and lived in Manchester with his wife Ellen and children, and was employed as a railway checker.
Michael was an army reservist with the Royal Irish Regiment at the outbreak of WW1 and re-enlisted on 1st September 1914 with the immediate rank of corporal. He was 44 years 11 months old at this time - quite old for an infantry corporal. He was promoted to sergeant during this time, and served in the Balkans with the Royal Irish Regiment. He received the Queen's South Africa and King's South Africa medals, along with the 1914-15 Star, War Medal and Victory Medal. Michael died in Manchester in 1925, aged 55.

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