Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Corporal William Clare, Rifle Brigade

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2955. Pte. W. Clare. 2/R. Bde:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (2955 Pte. W. Clare, Rifle Brigade); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2955 Corpl: W. Clare. Rifle Brigade); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp (2955 Pte. W. Clare 2nd Bn. R. Bde.) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (4) £380-420

William Clare was born in Warrington, and enlisted into the Rifle Brigade at Manchester on 9 August 1893, aged 23 years 11 months, a clerk by trade. Sold with copied discharge papers which confirm all medals and his service during the occupation of Crete in 1898.