WW2 Parachute Regiment Officer Normandy Gallantry Medals & Dog Tag Group

A WWII and later group of miniature medals, awarded to Lt-Colonel the Reverend Alfred Clark, to include a Military Cross, 1939-1945 Star, the France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 medal, Queen Elizabeth 1977 Jubilee medal and the Regular Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, accompanied by WWII fibre dog tags, a photographic negative of Clark as a young soldier, as well as photos of Clark leading a service and standing next to King Charles (then Prince of Wales).

After several years in the ranks, Alfred “Nobby” Clark was commissioned into the Leicestershire Regiment in December 1940 and promoted to Temporary Captain the following year. He transferred to the 13th Battalion Parachute Regiment in 1942 and earned the Military Cross for outstanding leadership at Pont L'Eveque, France, on 23 August 1944, where he remained under heavy fire to rescue wounded men and cover their withdrawal.
Returning to the Leicestershire Regiment, Clark rose to Major in 1946 and later served with the RAF Parachute Training School, the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment in the Middle East, and the Army Apprentice School, Harrogate. He retired in 1953 with the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
After military service, Clark studied theology at the London School of Divinity, was ordained in 1955, and served as a Church Missionary Society priest in Lahore, Pakistan. On returning to England, he became a Military Knight of Windsor (1971–1987).
He died in 1992, aged 85, and is buried in St George's Churchyard, Windsor.

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