BORN HULL 1895. SON OF HENRY HORNSBY CLARK (1867-1949) & MARY FRANCES DAY (1863-1934) AT 16 ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL. BROTHERS HAROLD VICTOR, JOHN ALFRED & JACK. A FARM WORKER. HE MARRIED NELLIE STANDERLINE (1895-1955), AT GALNFORD, BRIGG, IN OCTOBER 1915. THEY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS, RHODA AND GRACE AND ONE SON, WILLIAM AND THEY MOVED AT ALDBROUGH, DONCASTER.
HE ENLISTED AT SCUNTHORPE. SERVED AS DRIVER, 162770, ROYAL ENGINEERS, 106TH FIELD COMPANY. HE DIED AT 34TH FIELD AMBULANCE, ON 30/09/1916, AGED 21. HE IS BURIED AT BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME, FRANCE.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW NELLIE, AT THE COTTAGE, MELLS FARM, MESSINGHAM, GAINSBOROUGH.