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Auction: 23001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 43

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Natal, Cape Colony (5824 Pte. A. Dark. Rl: Welsh Fus:), unofficial rivets, second clasp a tailor's copy, nearly very fine

Arthur Samuel Dark was born in 1883 at Pembroke Dock and enlisted in the Army as a Boy on 29 August 1898. Having served in South Africa, he was promoted Corporal in 1902 and made Sergeant in 1905. He served at home from 1910-14 and thence in Egypt from September 1914 and in France from June 1915. Egypt in 1914 until March 1915. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in April 1915, he was invalided from France in July 1915. Serving as a Lieutenant with the 15th Acceptance Park, he was transferred to the Royal Air Force in August 1918 and ultimately served in their Paris Office as a Captain. Dark was retired in November 1919 and was removed from the Reserve of Officers in 1921 due to ill health and was in receipt of a disability pension. He requested permission to live in Italy from 17 November 1924-1 May 1925; sold together with copied research which confirms his entitlement to the first clasp only and a 1914-15 Star Trio.


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£110

Starting price
£60