BORN HULL, 1890. THIRD SON OF FRANCES AND GEORGE ELISHA CLARK, OF 5 SYDNEY TERRACE, SIDNEY STREET, THE GROVES, HULL. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. HIS OLDER BROTHER HARRY CLARK, LIVED AT 52 JENNING STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WORKED AS FOR THE BRITISH OIL AND CAKE MILLS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 15/01/1915. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 11021, 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 11/03/1915, AGED 25. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRS MENIN GATE MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
ALSO COMMEMORATED ON THE WW1 MEMORILA AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO ROMAN CATHOLI CHURCH. JARRATT STREET, HULL.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, FRANCES, AND FATHER, GEORGE.
HIS DEATH & PHOTOGRAPH WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 19TH MAY 1915, AND THE HULL TIMES, ON 22ND MAY 1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH.
HIS BROTHER HARRY, SERVED WITH THE DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY, AND LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT, AND SURVIVED THE WAR.
