Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Sapper E. Clarke, Royal Engineers

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, all unnamed, nearly extremely fine (5) £60-£80

Provenance: Strong Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, May 2011.

M.I.D. London Gazette 23 May 1946:
‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Mediterranean theatre.’

Eric Cecil Clarke was born in Slough on 17 May 1917. A Well Borer by occupation, he enlisted into the Territorial Army at Reading on 21 September 1939. He served during the Second World War in No. 1 Boring Section, Royal Engineers, with the British Expeditionary Force in France from November 1939- to 29 May 1940; in the Middle East from March 1941 to August 1943; and in North Africa from August 1943 to August 1945. He transferred to Class ‘Z’ Reserve in April 1946.

Sold with the recipient’s original M.I.D. Certificate and copied service notes.