BORN YORK 1894. SON OF THOMAS HENRY HARPER, OF YORK.
HE WAS A PORTER, LIVING AT 55, CARLTON STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL )ARMY RECORDS)
MARRIED AT ST JAMES CHURCH, HULL, ON 5 Apr 1916. HUSBAND OF BEATRICE (WILSON), OF 12, SPRING GARDENS, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS).
HE WORKED FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS, AS A CASUAL GOODS PORTER AT THE KINGSTON STREET, WEST HULL WAREHOUSE. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 36 INCH CHEST, 137 LBS WEIGHT, SLIGHT FLAT FEET,
HE ENLISTED AT HULL ON 6 DEC 1915. JOINED THE HULL RAILWAY BATTALION (17TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS). TRAINED AT RIPON. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 1ST JULY 1916.
TRANSFERRED TO THE 8TH YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT, ON 10 SEPT 1916. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/05/1917, AGED 26. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 1 YEAR AND 173 DAYS.
HE LEFT £429 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIFE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE ALSO LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, BEATRICE. THEY INCLUDED A CIGARETTE CASE, LETTERS, DIARY, BIBLE, TWO WALLETS, HANKERCHIEF, PHOTOS, CARD, PIPE AND POUCH. SHE RECEIVED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 13/9 SHILLINGS, ON 10 DEC 1917. THEY HAD NO CHILDREN.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN HULL DAILY MAIL, 14/06/1917; HDM 02/06/1917; HDM 14/06/1917 & HDM 22/06/1917.
| Name | Clarence Harper |
|---|---|
| Residence | Hull, 1894 |
| Death Date | 25 May 1917 |
| Death Place | Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Enlistment Place | York |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | York and Lancaster Regiment |
| Battalion | 8th (Service) Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 34302 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 32/224, Northumberland Fusiliers. |
