1914-15 Star (2) (Mjr. P. Skinner-Clark S.A.M.C.; Pte. M. S. Kelly S.A.M.C.) very fine (2) ...

1914-15 Star (2) (Mjr. P. Skinner-Clark S.A.M.C.; Pte. M. S. Kelly S.A.M.C.) very fine (2) £70-£90 --- Peter Skinner Clark was born in Auchtermuchty, Fife, on 21 April 1872, the son of Baillie Clark and Joanna Wise Skinner, and after a long and impressive career, died in March 1920. His obituary, published in the Montrose Review on 12 March 1920, states: Distinguished Doctor’s death.- The death took place at 714 Harrow Road, London, of Dr. Peter Skinner Clark, a distinguished medical practitioner, who had only recently returned from a lengthy residence in South Africa. Dr. Clark, who was the second son of the late Baillie Clark, Auchtermuchty, had a distinguished career at Glasgow University, taking the B.Sc., M.B., and Ch.M. degrees, and subsequently he added the diploma of Public Health to his honours. After qualifying, Dr. Clark sailed as surgeon for several voyages on the Astoria, and when the Boer war broke out he proceeded to South Africa as a surgeon to the forces. He practised at Slamannan, but the field which presented itself in South Africa induced him to return to that country shortly afterwards, and for 14 years, he enjoyed a lucrative practice in Cradock, Cape Colony. Dr. Clark was for about four years attached to the forces, both in German East and German West Africa, and in recognition of his skill and meritorious service he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General and was awarded the D.S.O. [London Gazette 1 January 1918]. He returned to this country in October, 1918, and for several months held a Government appointment as Inspector of Medical Services, and during his official peregrinations he visited many districts in Perthshire and Forfarshire. In July last year he acquired a light practice in London, and his death from pneumonia at the age of about 50 years has brought to a premature close a career of much distinction and usefulness.’ Milford S. Kelly was born in Pietersburg, Transvaal, around 1897, and attested for the 3rd South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 27 September 1915, stating previous service in German South West Africa with the South African Medical Corps. Reported Missing in Action on the Western Front 21 September 1917, his death was later confirmed in correspondence to his mother Edith - who never went on to claim his British War Medal or Victory Medal. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Sold with copied research.