1914 Star. No clasp (573 Pte. J. Quinn. R. Highrs.)

Wounded-in-Action: The recipient is recorded as having been 'Wounded-in-Action' in France, sometime during 1915 - and for which reason he was discharged from the British Army in December 1915

Medal(s) verification: The recipient was entitled to three x campaign medals together with a Silver Wound Badge for his Great War service per the respective medal rolls of the Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) as cited below:

- 1914 Star: WO 329/2460.Shows entered theatre of war 'France', 13 August 1914, discharged no longer fit 26 December 1915
- British War Medal. Silver issue: WO 329/1351. Shows served 1st Battalion Royal Highlanders (Black Watch)
- Interallied Victory Medal: WO 329/1351. Shows served 1st Battalion Royal Highlanders (Black Watch)
- Silver War Badge: Reference WO 320/3062. Badge No. 34239. Discharged due to 'Wounds', 26 December 1915

Note: The recipient was almost certainly entitled to the dated clasp to the 1914 Star - but their is no record on either the medal roll or medal index card to show that the clasp and emblems was ever issued or subsequently claimed

John Quinn (or Quin, this latter being the surname shown on numerous Scottish records prior to 1906), the second son of Arthur Quin (an Iron Ship Plater) & Margaret Quin, was a native of Dundee, Scotland, where he was born in 1888. The 1891, National Census for Scotland, records the Quin family residing at, 1 Alexander Street, Dundee, at which time it comprised the parents, together with 5 x children, vis 3 x daughters and 2 x sons, including John who was the eldest son. By 1901, the family had relocated to Kinghorn, Burntisland, Fife, where they were living at, 7 Birrells Wynd. At the time of the compilation of the 1901 National Census for Scotland, John's Irish mother was recorded as 'Head' and 'Keeping House', the family then recorded as comprising, John's mother, 4 x sisters, and 2 x younger brothers. John Quin / Quinn, enlisted in the British Army on, 2 April 1906, on which date he was posted to his local infantry regiment, the Royal Highlanders (Black Watch). After completion of his basic training he was posted to the 2nd Battalion Royal Highlanders (Black Watch), and served overseas with his battalion in British India. At the time of the compilation of the 1911 National Census, he is recorded as Private John Quinn, born 1888, Dundee, Scotland, and in 1911, stationed overseas in British India. John would have been recalled from the Army Reserve, which he had been posted to in 1913, and on the outbreak of the Great War was immediately mobilized and posted to the 1st Battalion of his old regiment, prior to it embarking for overseas service in France. Private Quinn is confirmed being 'Wounded-in-Action' in 1915, while serving with 1st Battalion Royal Highlanders (Black Watch). After taking his discharge in 1915, John returned to his native Scotland, and learnt the trade of 'Ship-Plater' presumably at the ship-yards of Kinghorn or Dundee, like his father before him. Canadian and United States immigration records circa 1919-1921 record John Quin (as a Dundee born 'Ship-Plater') entering Canada / United States for employment

Condition: About EF

Code: 24520