MM WIA Pte Conroy 12th North Fus & Royal Irish Regt

An interesting MM to a soldier who also saw extensive service with the Royal Irish Regt prior to WW1.WW1 Military Medal named 12564 PTE J CONROY 12/NORTHD FUS. small dent 6 oclock.MM LG 10/8/1916 for pre Somme and First Day of the Somme awards.James was from North Shields and was a labourer when he joined the Royal Irish Regiment in Oct 1891 numbered 4109. He went to India in 1892 with the 2nd Battalion and earned the India Medal with clasps Punjab Frontier 1897/8 and Samana 1897 as a Sgt. He was back home in 1901 and sent to South Africa with the 1st Battalion to earn the Queens South Africa Medal with clasps Transvaal & South Africa 1902. He arrived back in the UK in 1903 and went straight to the reserves.When WW1 started he joined up with the Northumberland Fusiliers in Sept 1914 numbered 12564. He stayed at home until being sent to France in Sept 1915 with the 12th Battalion. He is listed as being Wounded in Action on 20th June 1916. While with the regiment he was awarded the MM published in the LG on 10th Aug 1916.He was sent back to the UK in July 1917 and then joined the Labour Corps numbered 702256 but was discharged unfit in Sept 1917 by this time he was about 46 years old. He died aged 71 years old in 1944.