Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Lieutenant C. W. Stark, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attached 1/55th Coke’s Rifles, late Royal Army Medical Corps

British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. W. Stark.) in named card box of issue; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. Persia (Lieut. C. W. Stark. I.A.) in named card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. C. W. Stark, 183 Hamilton Avenue, Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrrey’, minor contact marks, better than very fine (3) £240-£280

C. William Stark served in the ranks of the Royal Army Medical Corps as Corporal No. 3115 before receiving a commission in the Indian Army as Second Lieutenant on 4 November 1917. Promoted Lieutenant on 5 November 1918, the medal roll for the G.S.M. indicates service in Persia with 1/55th Coke’s Rifles, between September 1918 and April 1919, as Acting Captain. Stark relinquished his commission on 1 September 1921.