A Collection of Medals to the West Yorkshire (14th Foot) and Yorkshire (19th Foot) Regiments

Pair: Private W. H. Clark, 15th (Service) Battalion (1st Leeds) West Yorkshire Regiment ‘Leeds Pals’, killed in action, 3 May 1917

British War and Victory Medals (32333 Pte. W. H. Clark. W. York. R.) good very fine (2) £80-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the West Yorkshire (14th Foot) and Yorkshire (19th Foot) Regiments.

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William Henry Clark was born in Leeds, and enlisted at the city of his birth in the 15th (Service) Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Leeds Pals). He served during the Great War with the Battalion on the Western Front, and was killed in action, 3 May 1917, when on the latter date the Battalion were involved in an attack at Gavrelle, with the Leeds Pals suffering heavy casualties of approximately 10 officers and 160 men killed. Clark is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.