The 1st Munsters, together with the 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers and Hampshire Regiment, were on the converted collier 'River Clyde' when it ran ashore for the Cape Helles 'V' beach landing on 25 April 1915 at 06.20 am.

On departing from the ship's bay they were subject to fierce enfilading machine gun fire from hidden Turkish defences.

One hundred or more of the Battalion's men fell at this stage of the battle, and those who managed to get ashore could not advance due to the withering Turkish fire.

The action was described by Cosgrove himself: "Our job was to dash ahead, face the trenches, bristling with rifle and machine guns and destroy the wire entanglements.

I then took charge, shouted to the boys to come on, from the village near at hand came terrible fire to swell the murderous hall of bullets from the trenches.

It stated that it was awarded: "For most conspicuous bravery leading this section with great dash during our attack from the beach to the east of Cape Helles on the Turkish positions on 26 April 1915.

Cpl Cosgrove on this occasion pulled down the posts of the enemy’s high wire entanglements single-handed, notwithstanding a terrible fire from both front and flank, thereby greatly contributing to the successful clearing of the heights.

"On 26 April 1915, the second day of the disastrous V beach landing at Cape Helles, during the Battle of Gallipoli, Turkey, when just three companies of Munsters had made it to the shelter of some dunes, at daybreak they charged to take the village behind the Sedd el Bahr fort overlooking the bay.

The Royal Munster Fusilier's Old Comrades Association Journal recorded his funeral: His body was conveyed from London to Fishguard by road en route to Upper Aghada, County Cork in Ireland for interment there, in his native place.

Association met the vessel at Penrose Quay and formed a guard of honour as the coffin was taken from the boat to the waiting hearse.

When the interment had taken place a beautiful wreath was laid on the grave on behalf of the Association, and this simple ceremony closed the chapter in the life of a great Irish soldier, "An Irish giant … a shy man who hated to be fussed over.On 16 June 1940, the O.C.A., of the Royal Munster Fusiliers unveiled a memorial over the grave.

The day's highest price, £180,000, was paid by a collector for the Gallipoli landings Victoria Cross group of six, which included the medal awarded to Sgt.