Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant S. Cluer, 4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (200088 Sjt. S. Cluer. 4/R. Suss. R.); 1914-15 Star (4-1318 Pte. S. Cluer. R. Suss. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1318 Sjt. S. Cluer. R. Suss. R.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (Sidney Cluer D.C.M.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (200088 Sjt. S. Cluer. 4/R. Suss: R.); National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal, silver, 1 clasp, Twenty Years (S. Cluer, D.C.M.) very fine and better (7) £1,000-£1,400

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, July 2004.

D.C.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919; citation published 11 March 1920:
‘He has served with the battalion throughout the war - Gallipoli, Palestine and France. He is very cool in action, and as serjeant in command of stretcher-bearers has displayed marked courage and devotion to duty, particularly at Soissons, 1918.’

Sidney Cluer, a native of Bognor, Sussex, attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment in January 1912 and served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War in the Balkan theatre of war from 8 August 1915, landing at Suvla Bay on that date. He was wounded (sickness) at Gallipoli; recovering, he served for the remainder of the War, and was discharged on 21 October 1919. He was awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 380 of 1919, and for his general gallantry during he Great War was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.

In later life Cluer was employed as a Postman in Bognor Regis, and was awarded his Imperial Service Medal in 1950 (London Gazette 31 October 1950).