Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five; Private T. Clarke, Northumberland Fusiliers, later Royal Artillery

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (4722 Pte. T. Clarke 1/Northd. Fus:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Modder River, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Belmont (4722 Pte. T. Clarke, North’d: Fus:) clasps, mounted in this order, small official correction to rank and initial; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4722 Pte. T. Clarke. North’d Fus:); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (1661904 Gnr. T. Clark. R.A.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (4722. Pte. T. Clarke. 5th Fusrs.) mounted court-style for display, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (5) £360-£440

Thomas Clarke was born in the Parish of St Nicholas, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, and attested for the Northumberland Fusiliers at Newcastle on 25 October 1895, aged 19 years 1 month. He served abroad at Gibraltar, September 1897 to January 1898; Egypt, January to October 1898; Crete, October 1898 to May 1899; and in South Africa, September 1899 to October 1903. His discharge papers confirm all campaign medals and clasps but note ‘Medals forfeited on conviction of stealing public goods’, with a further note ‘Medals restored authority W.O. Letter 6.8.03’. He was discharged on 24 October 1907. Territorial Efficiency Medal confirmed in Army Order 53 of February 1927.