Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Corporal C. Clatworthy, Military Mounted Police

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between fourth and fifth clasps (290 Corpl: C. Clatworthy. M.M. Police.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (290 Corpl: C. Clatworthy. Mil: Mtd: Police) contact marks, very fine (2) £200-£240

Charles Clatworthy was born in Exeter, Devon, in 1866 and attested there for the Royal Artillery on 12 February 1884. He served with the Artillery in India from 19 January to 9 December 1886, and transferred to the Military Mounted Police on 21 September 1889. Promoted Corporal on 1 October 1895, he served with the Military Mounted Police in South Africa during the Boer War from 22 October 1899 to 29 April 1901, and subsequently in Egypt from 21 February 1903 to 22 October 1904. He was discharged on 11 February 1905, after 21 years’ service.