BORN SUTTON 1893. SON OF CHARLES H. CLARKE & RACHEL CLARKE, OF 6, MAY TREE AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EX RAILWAY CLERK FOR THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAYS AND HULL AND BARNSLEY LINE. ONE OF FOUR BROTHERS SERVING.
ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 11018, 9TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED AT GALLIPOLI ON 06/05/1915. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AT ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL, ON 26/11/1915, AGED 22. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, CHARLES.
HIS PHOTOGRAPH AND DEATH WERE REPORTED IN THE HDM ON 06/12/1915, 24/11/1917 & 26/11/1919. ALSO IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 11/12/1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HE IS BURIED AT ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “HE DIED LIKE HIS COMRADES HEROES ALL”.
First name:
CHARLES DOUGLAS
Military Number:
11018
Rank:
Private
Date Died
26/11/1915
Place died:
Alexandria (Chatby) Military And War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Age:
22
6, MAY TREE AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
