Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Captain A. B. Cluckie, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was awarded the French Croix de Guerre for rescuing a French Officer under fire, was wounded, and was subsequently taken Prisoner of War at Kemmel in 1918

1914-15 Star (Lieut. A. B. Cluckie. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. A. B. Cluckie.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1917, with bronze star on riband, good very fine (4) £100-£140

Alexander Beck Cluckie was born in 1886, the son of a Glasgow ophthalmic surgeon, and graduated M.B. from Glasgow University in 1908, after which, following in his father’s footsteps, he was house surgeon for three years at the Moorfields Eye Hospital before settling in Greenock where he was assistant ophthalmic surgeon at the Greenock Eye Infirmary. Completing his Doctor’s Degree at the University of Oxford, he served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 April 1915, and was awarded the French Croix de Guerre for the rescue of a French officer under fire (London Gazette 10 October 1918). Wounded during his gallant rescue, he was subsequently taken Prisoner of War at Kemmel, Belgium, on 25 April 1918, and held in captivity for the rest of the War (copied research with lot refers).

Post-War Cluckie settled in Bath, and was appointed ophthalmic surgeon at the Bath Eye Infirmary. A keen rugby player, he played as full-back for Bath Rugby Club. He died in tragic circumstances in Bath in June 1938.

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