Looking for the family of Thomas Colleson/Collinson of the Connaught Rangers

Leslie James Fahy purchased a 1914–15 Star medal to T. Colleson of the Connaught Rangers on an auction site over a decade ago.

Leslie’s granduncle was in the Kilkenny Militia (which became the 5th Battalion Royal Irish Regiment) and later the 2nd Battalion Connaught Rangers which were part of the British Expeditionary Force. He was one of the earliest troops to take the field on the Western Front. As well as WWI War and Victory medals he was entitled to the 1914 Star. Leslie does not have his granduncle’s medals and was looking for a medal to the Connaught Rangers as a memento.

In 2020 Leslie asked military historian Chris Baker to compile a military history report about Thomas who came from Ashton-in-Makerfield, near Wigan. Leslie now thinks it’s the right time to reunite the medal with his family.