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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 273

(x) British War Medal 1914-20 (C-315 Pte. A. Clarke, K. R. Rif. C.), very fine

Alexander Clarke was killed in action on 20 July 1916 whilst serving with the 16th Battalion (Church Lads Brigade), King's Royal Rifle Corps. His Battalion attacked High Wood and the Switch line on 15 July, Mametz Wood the next morning, and continued the fight in High Wood on 19 July; he is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

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