A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Sapper J. Clark, Canadian Railway Construction Corps

Military Medal, G.V.R. (221 Sapr. J. Clark, Can. R.C. Corps.); 1914-15 Star (221 Spr. J. Clark, Can. Rly. Cons. C.); British War and Victory Medals (221 Spr. J. Clark, C.O.R.C.C.), good very fine and better (4) £350-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Awards to the Canadian Forces.

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M.M. London Gazette 27 June 1918.

John Clark was born in Cumberland, England, on 2 March 1887. A Blacksmith by occupation, he enlisted into the 28th (North West) Battalion at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, in October 1914, but transferred to the Canadian Railway Construction Corps before his arrival in England in June 1915. Embarked for France in August of the same year, he was awarded the M.M. and was discharged in May 1919; sold with copied service papers.