Regiment: South Wales Borderers 10th Battalion

10th (Service) Battalion (1st Gwent)
Oct 1914 Formed by the Welsh National Executive Committee at Brecon and then moved to Colwyn Bay as part of the 130th Brigade of the 43rd Division.
24.04.1915 Formation became the 115th Brigade of the 38th Division and then moved to Hursley Park, Winchester and then Hazeley Down.
04.12.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and engaged in various actions on the Western front including;
1916
The Battle of Albert. (The Division suffered severe casualties and did not return to major action for over a year later).
1917
The Battle of Pilkem, The Battle of Langemark.
1918
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of the Bapaume, The Battle of Havrincourt, The Battle of Epehy, The Battle of Beaurevoir, The Battle of Cambrai, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war near Aulnoye, France.

Last Name
Address
Narrative
, SOUTHAMPTON, , HAMPSHIRE, United Kingdom
       
       
Died on
24/04/1916
       
Aged
21
BORN HULL 1896. SON OF GEORGE ALBERT CLARK (1868-1956) & ADA CLARK. LIVED WITHERNSEA & SOUTHAMPTON. HE ENLISTED IN NEWPORT, WALES. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 03/12/1915. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 21377, 10TH SOUTH WALES BORDERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/04/1916, AGED 21. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER - JOHN? ALFRED JACKSON. HIS DEAT […]