Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Leading Boatswain G. W. Clarke, Royal Navy, who took part in the siege of Bushire and the Tagistani Raids in Persia in 1915

1914-15 Star (202649 G. W. Clarke, L.S. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (202649 G. W. Clarke, L.S. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (202649 G. W. Clarke, L. Boatn. H.M. Coastguard.) contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £100-£140

George William Clarke, a Garden Boy from Hollington, Sussex, was born on 24 April 1883, and joined the Royal Navy in 1901. His Great War service included service in H.M.S. Juno in the Mediterranean fleet, which was present at the siege of the Persian fort of Bushire in August 1915, and took part in the subsequent Tagistani Raids, in response to attacks by the prominent Iranian nationalist Rais Ali Delvari. Promoted Leading Boatswain on 20 June 1916, he subsequently transferred to the Coast Guard, and was discharged on 30 June 1923.