VICTORY MEDAL TO BANDSMAN CLARKIN-LINCOLNSHIRE REGT-TAKEN PRISONER OF WAR ON 24/08/1914 AT MONS-DIED AS A PRISONER OF WAR AND BURIED IN LATVIA

Victory Medal, named to:
4926 PTE.W.P.CLARKIN. LINC R.
Medal very fine or better, on modern ribbon
Bandsman 4926 W.P.Clarkin 1st Btn., Lincolnshire Regt
died on 28th April 1917.He was born in Macclesfield in 1883 and enlisted in London.He is buried at The Meza (Nikolai) Cemetery, Latvia.
He arrived in France on 13/08/1914 and was taken as a Prisoner Of War on 24/08/1914 and held at Doeboritz-later held at Mitau Camp, Latvia.

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