WW2 BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL GROUP TO HEADLEY CLARK ADMIRALTY HYDROGRAPHIC DEPT

Description

WW2 British Civilian and Home Guard group of 3 to William Headley Clark of the Admiralty Hydrographic Department.

British Empire Medal (Civilian), impressed named WILLIAM HEADLEY CLARK; Defence Medal & 1937 King George VI Coronation Medal, unnamed as issued; B.E.M. box and wax wrapper with copies London Gazette, 1939 register newspaper articles.

William Headley Clark, was born in 1889 and in 1939 was living in Wembley Middlesex. He was employed as a Lithographic Draughtsman for the Admiralty. His B.E.M. was gazetted 4/1/1944 and he is recorded as Grade IV Works Supervisor, Admiralty Hydrographic Department, Taunton. In the 1930s, the systematic and regular collection of oceanographic and naval meteorological data started. In the Second World War, while led by Vice-Admiral Sir John A Edgell, chart printing moved to Creechbarrow House in Taunton in June 1941. This was the first purpose-built chart making factory.