Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (289197 Sto: J. Clark, H:M:S: Forte) impressed naming, first two digits of number officially corrected, good very fine £160-£200

James Clark was born in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, on 8 June 1879, and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 11 July 1898. He joined H.M.S. Forte on 20 April 1899, and was promoted Stoker on 1 September of that year, serving in her in South Africa during the Boer War. He was advanced Stoker Petty Officer on 6 June 1907, and was shore pensioned on 26 June 1912.