A Siege-Gunner's Great War Campaign Medal & Silver War Badge group of 3: Private Alan Clarkson, 255th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery, Royal Regiment of Artillery

- British War Medal. Silver issue (72031 Gnr. A. Clarkson. R.A.)
- Interallied Victory Medal (72031 Gnr. A. Clarkson. R.A.)
- Silver War Badge (277180) - with original silver chain and fob fittings

Note: The SWB complete with both the vertical hinged pin & clasp together with the silver chain and fob fittings as issued

Sold together with:

- Original Army Form B.2079 Parchment (see attached image)

Important: All awards, verified as the recipient's full entitlement for the Great War per the respective campaign medal roll of the Black Watch, & Silver War Badge roll, referenced below:

- British War & Interallied Victory Medals: Ref WO 329/271
- Silver War Badge: Ref WO 329/2985

Alan Clarkson, enlisted for the British Army on, 11 December 1915 and took his final discharge on, 30 November 1917, at which time he was 22 years and 9 months of age (SWB roll refers)

Alan Clarkson, son of William Clarkson (Watchman at Brine Wells, Salt Mine) & Annie Mary Clarkson (nee Parkinson) was a native of, Preesall, Lancashire, England, where he was born on, 26 March 1895. The 1911 National Census for England and Wales show Alan, employed as a Market Gardener, and living at home with his parents at, Preesall, Poulton-Le-Fylde, Lancashire. Alan enlisted in the British Army in December 1915, and after completion of his basic training was subsequently posted to the 255th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, with which unit - which had first entered theatre of war 'France' in January 1917 - he served overseas in France & Flanders. Post-war, Alan Clarkson returned to his native roots, and at the time of the compilation of the National Register for England and Wales in 1939, he is recorded employed as a 'Grocer Retail', living with his wife, Rizpah Clarkson, at, Preesall, Lancashire, England. Alan Clarkson, died, in Lancashire, England, sometime during the second quarter of 1978

Condition: EF

Code: 23067