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Surname: CLARKSON
Forename(s): Amos
Place of Birth: Silsden, Yorkshire
Service No: ---
Rank: T/Lieutenant
Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 8th Battalion. (Leeds Rifles)
Division: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
Age: 23
Date of Death: 1918-10-24
Awards: M.C.
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: II. C. 9.
CWGC Cemetery: DELSAUX FARM CEMETERY, BEUGNY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: ILKLEY, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SILSDEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Amos Clarkson (born18 April 1895) was the son of John and Hannah Clarkson, née Hartley. John was born at Silsden and Hannah at Skipton, Yorkshire.
1901 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: Swartha - Amos Clarkson, aged 5 years, son of John and Hannah Clarkson. [John and Hannah with their three children were living with John's parents, Joseph and Mary Clarkson.]
1911 Ilkley, Yorkshire Census: Midland Hotel - Amos Clarkson, aged 15 years, born Silsden, Yorkshire, son of Hannah Clarkson, widow.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte (A/C.Q.M.S.), A/Col. Sgt Amos Clarkson, M.C., 12788, W. Rid. R.; Lt, Capt W. York R. Theatre of War first served in: (1) [France]. Date of entry therein: 15.7.15. Discharged to Commission: 12.3.16. D. of W. 24.10.18. Correspondence: Mrs. Clarkson (Mother) Elmcliffe, Parish Ghyll Road, Ilkley, Yorkshire.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte (A/C.Q.M.S.), A/Col. Sgt Amos Clarkson, 12788, 9th W. Rid. R. Disch. to Comm. 12.3.16.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Capt A. Clarkson. D. of W. 24.10.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Lt A. Clarkson M.C., W. Yorks att 8th. Date and Place of Death: 24.10.18 wounds. To whom issued/Amount: Administratrix - Mrs Hannah Clarkson. £156 6s. 11d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) for Amos not found.
On the 30 January 1918 the 1/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment moved to the 62nd (2/West Riding) Division absorbing the 2/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment, to form the 8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
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: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
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St James's Churchyard, Silsden
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15 June 1917
SILSDEN – MILITARY CROSS FOR CAPTAIN CLARKSON
Captain Amos Clarkson, of the West Yorkshire Regiment, who has been awarded the Military Cross, was born at Silsden, and is the son of the late Mr. John Clarkson and Mrs. Clarkson, of Parish Ghyll, Ilkley. He was educated at the Ilkley Grammar School and before the war was on the staff of Francis Willey and Co., Bradford, where his abilities marked him out for a very successful business career. He enlisted in September, 1914, as a private, and went with a large contingent of Ilkley men to the West Riding Regiment. He received rapid promotion, attaining the rank of quartermaster-sergeant in a short time. He was then recommended for a commission, and was gazetted second-lieutenant in the West Yorkshires. He was then named in Sir Douglas Haig’s New Year’s Honours. Soon after he became a full lieutenant, and after acting captain for about three months was promoted to that rank.
28 September 1917
SILSDEN – Capt. A. Clarkson, M.C. Wounded
Captain Amos Clarkson, M.C., son of the late Mr. John Clarkson, of Ilkley and Silsden, and son of Mrs. Clarkson, Elmscliffe, Parish Ghyll Road, Ilkley, was wounded in the thigh by shrapnel on September 20th. Captain Clarkson joined the West Riding Regiment as a private in the early days of the war, and after being some time at the Front received a commission in the West Yorkshire Regt. He was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry in action during the Messines Ridge engagement. When wounded Capt. Clarkson was in charge of a trench mortar battery. He is in hospital at Cambridge.
08 February 1918
SILSDEN – CONGRATULATIONS TO CAPTAIN ARTHUR DRIVER
Hearty congratulations are offered in the Silsden Parish Magazine to Captain Arthur Driver, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Driver, Bolton Road, Silsden, who has recently been awarded the Military Cross…
Other Silsden officers who have had the same distinction conferred upon them are Lieut. H. Longbottom, Lieut. W.H. Dickinson, and Captain Amos Clarkson, the latter having resided at Ilkley during recent years, although a native of Sildsen.
24 October 1919
CLARKSON – In loving memory of our dear boy (Captain A. Clarkson, M.C.), who died of wounds October 24th, 1918.
From Mother and Family, also Douse, Elmcliffe, Ilkley.
CLARKSON – To the beloved memory of our dear cousin, Captain Amos Clarkson, M.C., who died of wounds, October 24th, 1918.
“A beautiful memory left behind.”
From all at Croft House, Silsden.
22 October 1920
CLARKSON – In loving memory of our dear boy, Captain Amos Clarkson, who died from wounds in France, October 24th, 1918.
“Never forgotten.”
Mother and Family, Elmcliffe, Ilkley.
CLARKSON – In loving memory of our dear cousin, Amos Clarkson, Captain, T.M.B., who died of wounds in France, October 24th, 1918.
Ever remembered by all at ‘Moorview,’ Silsden.
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15 June 1917
SILSDEN – Honour for an Ilkley Officer
Captain Amos Clarkson, of the West Yorkshire Regiment, who has been awarded the Military Cross, was born at Silsden, and is the son of the late Mr. John Clarkson and Mrs. Clarkson, of Parish Ghyll, Ilkley. He was educated at the Ilkley Grammar School, and before the war was on the staff of Francis Willey and Co., Bradford, where his abilities marked him out for a very successful business career. He enlisted in September 1914, as a private and went with a large contingent of Ilkley men to the West Riding Regiment. He received rapid promotion, attaining the rank of quartermaster-sergeant in ten weeks. He was then recommended for a commission. and was gazetted second-lieutenant in the West Yorkshires. He was mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig’s New Year’s honours, and soon after he became a full lieutenant, and after acting as captain for about three months was promoted to that rank.
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Amos Clarkson was wounded in the action in which Lance Corporal David Percival Dixon of Poplar House, Wray (qv) was killed on 22 October 1918. The War Diary of 8th Btn West Yorks lists casualties viz: ‘Officers: 1 wounded, since died of wounds. Other ranks 3 killed, 21 wounded’. The officer was Amos Clarkson.