Pair: Second Lieutenant R. A. Clarke, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps and Essex Yeomanry, who was wounded in action on the Western Front on 9 October 1918

British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. R. A. Clarke. R.A.F.) good very fine (2) £100-£140

Reginald Alexander Clarke was born on 6 March 1899 and attested originally for the Essex Yeomanry. He served with the 2nd/1st Battalion, before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force on 6 September 1918. Serving as an Observer with 62 Squadron he was wounded in action whilst flying Sopwith Camel E.7190 on 9 October 1918; admitted to 21 Casualty Clearing Station, he was invalided to England on 14 October 1918, and relinquished his commission on account of ill health on 14 October 1919.

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