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Surname: CLARKE
Forename(s): Alfred Charles
Place of Birth: Bentham, Yorkshire
Service No: 32474
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: York and Lancaster Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 1/4th (Hallamshire) Battalion
Division: 49th (West Riding) Division
Age: 24
Date of Death: 1918-04-12
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 125 to 128.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: HIGH BENTHAM, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Alfred Charles Clarke (born 15 September 1894) was the son of Henry and Martha Ellen Clarke, née Thompson. Henry was born at Stratford St Mary, Suffolk and Martha at Bentham, Yorkshire.
1901 Bentham, Yorkshire Census: Main Street - Charles Clark, aged 6 years, born Bentham, son of Henry and Martha E. Clark.
1911 Bentham, Yorkshire Census: High Street - Charles Clarke, aged 16 years, born Bentham, son of Henry and Martha Ellen Clarke.
The British Army Service Record for Alfred Charles Clarke exists but may be incomplete.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Alfred C. Clarke, 32474, Y. & L. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Alfred Charles Clarke, 32474, 8th York. & Lanc. R.; 9th York. & Lanc. R.; 1/4 York. & Lanc. R. Assumed Dead 12.4.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Alfred Charles Clarke, 32474, 1/4 Y. & L. Date and Place of Death: 12.4.18. France. Death presumed. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother Sole Legatee - Martha E. £14 10s. 8d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Alfred. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Martha Ellen Clark. Relationship: Mother. Address: Main Street, Bentham, Lancaster.
A short biography of Alfred is included in: ‘Bentham’s Part in the Great War 1914-18’ by Allan and Marilyn Hartley (2019).
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: York and Lancaster Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division
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15 June 1917
HIGHER BENTHAM - WOUNDED AND MISSING
Pte. Frederick Clapham, West Yorkshire Regt., son of Mr. Richard Clapham, of Bentham, is reported missing since May 3rd. he joined up last November, and went out on March 3rd last.
Pte. Charles Clark, of the Lancashire and Yorks. Regt., the son of Mr Henry Clark, is reported as having been wounded on May 9th. He joined up in February, and had been out a month. He is now in a base hospital. He has two brothers on active service.
27 July 1917
HIGHER BENTHAM - On Leave
Several soldiers are home from the Front and hospital.-Cpl. J. Butterfield, of the King's Own, is just out of hospital with shrapnel wound in the stomach. Pte. Charles Clarke, the youngest son of the three fighting sons of Mr. Henry Clarke, is home from hospital. He belongs to the York and Lancaster's and was wounded and almost buried in France...
10 August 1917
HIGHER BENTHAM – War Items
Private John Dowbiggin has received his discharge from the 'Duke's' and is at home suffering from gunshot wound in head and jaw. News has reached his father that Private Tom Clarke, of the Manchester 'Pals,' has been wounded. His other two brothers, Private Walter Clarke and Private Charles Clarke, have been wounded. Private Wm. Mccan [McCann], of the Durham Light Infantry, is home on six days' leave. Private John Lister is in hospital at Stockport suffering from trench fever. Private Adam Croft, of the 'Duke's,' is home on furlough.
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27 July 1917
BENTHAM
SOLDIERS - Several wounded soldiers are home from the front and hospital. Corpl. J. Butterfield, of the King's Own, is just out of hospital with shrapnel wound of the stomach, which he received at Kut. Pte. Charles Clarke, the youngest of the three fighting sons of Mr Henry Clarke, is home from hospital. He belongs to the Yorks. and Lancs., and was wounded and almost buried in France. Corpl. Tom Wildman and Ptes. John Kidd and Dick Kidd are home again on overseas leave. News has been received by his mother, Mrs. Emily Bibby, that her son, Clement Bibby, of the West Riding Regiment has been badly gassed and is lying at the base. Sec. Lieut. Wilf. T. Wells, second son of Mr. T.W. Wells, Bank House, Bentham, of the Machine Gun Section, is home from the trenches for a ten days' leave.
10 August 1917
BENTHAM
DISCHARGED - Private John Dowbiggin has received his discharge from the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, and is at home suffering from gunshot wounds in the head and jaw. News has reached his father that Private Tom Clarke, of the Manchester Pals has been wounded. His two other brothers, Private Walter Clarke and Private Charles Clarke, have been wounded. Private Wm. Macan, of the Durham Light Infantry, is home on six days' leave. Private John Lister is in hospital at Stockport suffering from trench fever. Private Adam Croft, of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, is home an furlough.
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