Description
Queen’s South Africa Medal, 3 bars, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, 4040 Corporal Arthur Clarke, South Staffordshire Regiment
Officially impressed naming, entitlement confirmed on the medal roll. After the issue of the medal, a further medal roll from late 1903 shows the issue of a loose bar “South Africa 1901” for further service.
Arthur Clarke, born during 1875 in Walsall, Staffordshire.
Attested for service aged 18, having been a Groom, on 14th November 1893. He had previously been serving as a member of 4th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment Militia.
He saw the following service:
Home, 14th Nov 1893 – 12th Nov 1899
Gibraltar, 13th Dec 1899 – 8th February 1900
Home, 9th Feb 1900 – 16th Mar 1900
South Africa, 17th Mar 1900 – 22nd June 1901
Home, 23rd June 1901.
