For which conflict did the Canadian Government award the Canada General Service Medal for attacks by an Irish Republican organization based in the United States against British army forts and custom posts in Canada?
Canada General Service Medal The Canada General Service Medal was a campaign medal awarded by the Canadian Government to both Imperial and Canadian forces for duties related to the Fenian raids between 1866 and 1871. The medal was not issued until 1899 and had to be applied for. The period for applying for the medal was later extended to 1907, and then to 1928.
Patrick Whelan Patrick Whelan (4 September 1893 - 26 April 1916) was an Irish Volunteer, killed in action in Boland's Mill during the Battle of Mount Street Bridge during the Easter Rising of 1916. He was posthumously awarded the 1916 Medal in 1941. Whelan House in Thorncastle Street, Ringsend, Dublin, the street where he was born, is named in his honour.