The Jack Russell Collection of Medals to the Gloucestershire Regiment

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private A. H. Clarke, 1/6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment and Machine Gun Corps, who was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his gallantry at Pozieres on 21 July 1916

Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (4196 Pte. A. H. Clark [sic]. 1/6 Glouc: R. -T.F.); British War and Victory Medals (4196 Pte. A. H. Clarke. Glouc. R.) edge bruising to DCM, contact marks throughout and some staining to VM, nearly very fine (3) £700-£900

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Russell Collection of Medals to the Gloucestershire Regiment.

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D.C.M. London Gazette 22 September 1916:
‘For conspicuous gallantry during operations. After an attack he helped a severely wounded officer to a shell-hole. He then returned to our trenches, took off his equipment, went back to the officer and carried him in. It was quite light at the time, and he was exposed to heavy rifle and machine gun fire.’
Annotated Gazette states: ‘Pozieres, 21 July 1916’.

Alex Herbert Clarke attested for the Gloucestershire Regiment and served with the 1/6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916, being awarded the D.C.M. for his gallantry at Pozieres Ridge on the Somme on 21 July 1916. He subsequently transferred to the Machine Gun Corps, and was disembodied on 7 January 1919.