Memorial Cross, Memorial Cross GR V
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19920198-001
- Event 1914-1919 First World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made 1919
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Personal symbol
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1919/12/01
- Latest 1919/12/31
- Inscription 56107 PTE. J. MCNULTY; STERLING
- Materials Sterling silver
- Rank Private
- Service Component Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Unit 18th Canadian Infantry Battalion
- Person / Institution Subject, McNulty, Private Joseph
- Measurements Length 3.8 cm, Width 3.1 cm, Thickness 0.2 cm
- Caption Joseph McNULTY
- Additional Information Born in Liverpool, England, in May 1889, McNulty enlisted in March 1915. He was posted to France in September 1915, where he was assigned to the 19th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF). He died of a gunshot wound to the chest on 7 March 1916, at No. 5 Canadian Field Ambulance.
- Caption Medals Project- McNulty, Joseph
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Additional Information
Joseph McNulty was born in Liverpool, England, on 12 May 1889.
A sailor, McNulty enlisted in the 19th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Central Ontario) in Toronto, Ontario, on 5 March 1915. He sailed to England aboard SS Scandinavian, arriving on 22 May 1915, and reached France on 14 September 1915. He died on 7 March 1916 in Belgium, at No. 5 Canadian Field Ambulance, after suffering a gunshot wound to the chest.
Joseph McNulty is buried in Ridge Wood Military Cemetery, in Belgium.