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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 869

(x) Four: Private S. A. Clarke, Royal Army Medical Corps

France, Croix de Guerre 1914-18, with silver star emblem; 1914-15 Star (2035, Pte. S. A. Clarke, R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (2035 Pte. S. A. Clarke. R.A.M.C.), swing mounted as worn in this order, very fine (4)


Sydney Arthur Clarke served with the Royal Army Medical Corps in the Balkan theatre of Operations from 10 August 1915. He was discharged on 6 March 1917 and awarded a silver war badge; sold with copied MIC.

Although the French Croix de Guerre remains unconfirmed, the 24th (1st Wessex) Field Ambulance became one of only twelve units in the British Army - and the sole unit from the Royal Army Medical Corps - to be awarded this award by the French Government. According to Lieutenant-Colonel Ransom Pickard, M.D., Commanding Officer of the 24th F.A., the presentation of this medal represented the 'crowning episode for the 24th' and was recognition of the medical treatment and evacuation of around 2000 French civilians from the town of St. Amand in October 1918 whilst it was under German artillery bombardment. At this time however, Clarke was likely home in the United Kingdom.

For details of the 24th F.A., R.A.M.C., please see:
https://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org/history/first+world+war/the+25th+1st+wessex+field+ambulance


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Sold for
£130

Starting price
£50