BORN HULL 1883. SON OF ROBERT CLARKE & MARY ELIZABETH BRADLEY, OF 12 GEORGE PLACE, COLLIER STREET, HULL (1891 CENSUS) & 14 ALBERT TERRACE, SPRING STREET, HULL.
A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION, WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE RESIDED AT LUND, BEVERLEY.
HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 7763, ‘D’ COMPANY, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS AT A BASE HOSPITAL, ON 10/11/1915, AGED 32.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 10/11/1916, AND ON 17/11/1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. ALSO, THE HULL TIMES, ON 20/11/1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HE IS BURIED AT BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN H. & E.W.”
First name:
ROBERT
Military Number:
7763
Rank:
Private
Date Died
10/11/1915
Place died:
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
32
LUND, BEVERLEY, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
