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23 March 2022

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№ 349

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23 March 2022

Hammer Price:
£850

Pair: Private A. W. Clarke, Gloucestershire Regiment, who was taken Prisoner of War at the Battle of Imjin River in April 1951

Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22530151 Pte. A. W. Clarke. Glosters.) middle initial officially corrected; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, edge nicks, good very fine (2) £600-£800

Albert William Clarke was born in Fulham, London, on 24 March 1927 and was conscripted into the Army on 5 April 1945. Posted initially to Worcestershire Regiment, he was subsequently sent to various other training establishments, and ultimately joined the 1st Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment, serving with them post-War in Egypt. He was discharged in April 1948.

Following the outbreak of the Korean War, Clarke volunteered for service on 24 August 1950 and served in Korea with 6 Platoon, ‘B’ Company, 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. He was captured and taken Prisoner of War at the Battle of Imjin River in April 1951. Released from captivity on 14 August 1953, he arrived home on board the
Asturias on 16 September 1953. He died in London on 9 September 1989.

Sold with copied research, including correspondence regarding his release as a P.O.W. in 1953; and copied Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificates.