Seeking relatives of WWI medal holder

Tommy Maguire, of Radharc Dearg, Nenagh is seeking the relatives of a World War I soldier. The Nenagh man has found a WWI medal belonging to Private J.J Tier, of the Royal Irish Regiment, who served in the war in the year 1914-1915 and would like to return the medal to relatives of the owner.

In the year-long period between 1914 and 1915, the Royal Irish Regiment formed the 5th and 6th Service Battalions in WWI. The 5th Service Battalion was formed at Clonmel as part of the 29th Brigade in the 10th Division on August 29, 1914 and sailed from Liverpool to Gallipoli on July 7 1915 and landed at Sulva Bay on 7th August 1915. The 6th Service was formed in the 47th Brigade in the 16th Division, also in Clonmel on September 6 1914 and was joined by a company from the Guernsey Militia. This Battalion was at Fermoy until September 1915 and then moved to Aldershot. It landed in France in December 1915 and remained there until February 1918. So, it is possible that J.J. Tier may have served in these places at the time.

Men who crossed France after November 23 qualified for this medal which was known as the 1914-15 Star. The decoration of the bronze medal consists of a form of the imperial crown on the upper ray of the star. A pair of crossed swords are resting on the face of the star, and on them is a circular wreath. The back of the medal reads '9754, PTE . J. J. TIER, R. IR. REGT.'