Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (3787 Pte. E. Clarke, 2: Yorks: Lt. Inft.) number officially corrected, nearly very fine £120-160

Edward Clarke was born in 1873 and attested for the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at Pontefract, Yorkshire, on 9 June 1892. He served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 3 December 1899, and suffered a gun shot wound to the fingers on 8 June 1900, when his third and fourth fingers on his right hand were blown off. Invalided to England, he was discharged on account of his injuries on 10 December 1900, after 8 years and 216 days’ service.

Sold together with copied research regarding the recipient’s subsequent blindness including letters petitioning for an increase in his disability pension.