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Three: Able Seaman E. W. Clark, Royal Navy, who was accidentally killed on 15 May 1917 1914-15 Star (235558, E. W. Clark, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (235558 E. W. Clark, A.B. R.N.) good very fine Pair: Private A. B. Crumpton, Royal Marine Light Infantry, attached 1st (Royal Marines) Battalion, Royal Naval Division, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 26 October 1917 1914-15 Star (CH. 19597, Pte. A. B. Crumpton, R.M.L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (CH. 19597 Pte. A. B. Crumpton, R.M.L.I.) both in named card boxes of issue, extremely fine (5) £100-£140 --- Ernest William Clark was born in Pucknoll, Dorset, on 6 November 1888 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 8 January 1906. Advanced Able Seaman on 9 October 1908, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Queen from the outbreak of War to 16 April 1916; and then in H.M.S. Implacable from 10 October 1916. He was accidentally killed on 15 May 1917 in a collision between the tug Tenedos and a picket boat belonging to Implacable, and is buried at Mikra British Cemetery, Salonika. Arthur Benjamin Crumpton attested for the Royal Marine Light Infantry, and served during the Great War on the Western Front attached to the 1st (Royal Marines) Battalion, Royal Naval Division. He was killed in action on 26 October 1917; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
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Three: Able Seaman E. W. Clark, Royal Navy, who was accidentally killed on 15 May 1917 1914-15 Star (235558, E. W. Clark, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (235558 E. W. Clark, A.B. R.N.) good very fine Pair: Private A. B. Crumpton, Royal Marine Light Infantry, attached 1st (Royal Marines) Battalion, Royal Naval Division, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 26 October 1917 1914-15 Star (CH. 19597, Pte. A. B. Crumpton, R.M.L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (CH. 19597 Pte. A. B. Crumpton, R.M.L.I.) both in named card boxes of issue, extremely fine (5) £100-£140 --- Ernest William Clark was born in Pucknoll, Dorset, on 6 November 1888 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 8 January 1906. Advanced Able Seaman on 9 October 1908, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Queen from the outbreak of War to 16 April 1916; and then in H.M.S. Implacable from 10 October 1916. He was accidentally killed on 15 May 1917 in a collision between the tug Tenedos and a picket boat belonging to Implacable, and is buried at Mikra British Cemetery, Salonika. Arthur Benjamin Crumpton attested for the Royal Marine Light Infantry, and served during the Great War on the Western Front attached to the 1st (Royal Marines) Battalion, Royal Naval Division. He was killed in action on 26 October 1917; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
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