The Julian Johnson Collection

A Great War D.S.O. and ‘Colour Party’ M.V.O. group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. E. S. Clarke, Scots Guards

Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class breast badge, silver and enamel, an early unnumbered award; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Belmont, Modder River (Lieut: A. E. S. Clarke, Scots Gds:); 1914-15 Star (Major A. E. S. Clarke. M.V.O. S. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col. A. E. S. Clarke.); Jubilee 1897; Coronation 1902; Coronation 1911; Belgian Croix de Guerre; Turkey, Liyakat Medal, silver, mounted Court-style as worn, generally good very fine (11) £2000-2600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Julian Johnson Collection.

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Provenance: Major A. F. Flatow Collection, November 1998.

D.S.O. London Gazette 4 June 1917.

M.V.O. London Gazette 28 May 1901.

M.I.D. London Gazette 15 June 1916, 4 January 1917, 15 May 1917 and 4 September 1918.

Croix de Guerre London Gazette 4 September 1919.

Albert Edward Stanley Clarke was born on 19 January 1879, the son of Major-General Sir S. de A. C. Clarke. Educated at Eton, he was a Page of Honour to Queen Victoria before joining the Scots Guards from Sandhurst in 1898. Sailing with the 1st Battalion to South Africa in 1899, he took part in the advance on Kimberley, including the actions at Belmont, Enslin, Modder River and Magersfontein, and received the Queen’s medal with two clasps. Back in the U.K. by the time the new King succeeded to the Throne, he was made M.V.O. for carrying the King’s Colour at the presentation of new Colours by Edward VII soon after his accession, and, from 1902 to 1904, was A.D.C. to General Paget, Commanding 1st Division at Aldershot. Seconded for duty with the Macedonian Gendarmerie, 1904-07, during the civil unrest there, his service was rewarded with the Turkish Liyakat Medal. Returning home in August 1907, the following December he took up a new post as Private Secretary to General Sir John French, Inspector-General of the Forces, and fulfilled this role until April 1910 when he was placed on the Reserve of Officers. Recalled in 1914 and given a Staff appointment, his service was rewarded with the D.S.O. and his final promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel.