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Surname: CLARK
Forename(s): Norman Pickslay
Place of Birth: Doncaster, Yorkshire
Service No: ---
Rank: T/2nd Lieutenant
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Munster Fusiliers
Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion
Division: 1st Division
Age: 23
Date of Death: 1916-08-24
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 16 C.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Norman Pickslay Clark (born 3 August 1893) was the son of William and Louisa Morton Clark, née Rigby. Both parents were born at Doncaster, Yorkshire.
1901 Doncaster, Yorkshire Census: 8, Horsehill Terrace, Thorne Road - Norman P. Clark, aged 7 years, born Doncaster, son of William and Louisa M. Clark.
1911 Congleton, Cheshire Census: Cross Lane Farm, Mossley - Norman Clark, aged 17 years, born Doncaster, Yorkshire. [Norman was boarding with Thomas and Sarah Blackhurst.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Norman Pickslay Clark, N. Staff. R.; T/2 Lieut 14th West Yorks.; T/2 Lieut R. Munster Fusrs. Theatre of War first served in: 2B -
Balkans. Date of entry therein: 19.7.15. Discharged to Commission: 1915. K. in A. 24.8.16. Correspondence: W. Clark Esq (Father), 14, Regent Square, Doncaster.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: 2 Lieut N. P. Clark, R. Mun. Fus. K. in A. 24.8.16.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: 2 Lieut N. P. Clark, 7 Muns. Fusrs. Date and Place of Death: K.I.A. 25[sic].8.16. To whom issued/Amount: Father - William Clark Esq. £77 3s. 6d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) for Norman not found.
Norman is commemorated in Ireland’s Memorial Records 1914-1918.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Munster Fusiliers
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 1st Division
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2nd Lieutenant (Temporary) Norman Pickslay Clark
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01 September 1916
CLARK - Killed in action, Second-Lieut. Norman Pickslay Clark, of Doncaster, a nephew of Mr. Edgar Wood, clerk to the Skipton Bench of Magistrates, aged 23 years.
01 September 1916
SKIPTON SOLICITOR'S NEPHEW KILLED
Second-Lieutenant Norman Pickslay Clark, of the Munster Fusiliers, who has been killed in action, was a nephew of Mr. Edgar Wood, of Skipton, and after being invalided home from Gallipoli spent a good deal of time with Mr. Wood and his family in Skipton. Only 23 years of age, deceased was the second son of Councillor W. Clark, of Regent Square, Doncaster (a former Mayor of the borough), and was articled to a firm of accountants when war broke out. He immediately joined the North Staffordshire Territorials and later received a commission in the West Yorkshires. Subsequently, he saw service with the Munster Fusiliers and was in the Gallipoli campaign, where he was wounded and invalided home suffering from dysentery. He was wounded two days before his death, but was able to continue on duty. His elder and only brother is serving at the Front as an officer of the Royal Engineers. Deceased's forefathers were Quakers, and his grandfather, the late Mr. R. H. Clark, was one of the first County Aldermen of the West Riding.
04 July 1919
PEACE SUPPLEMENT TO THE 'CRAVEN HERALD' - CRAVEN'S FALLEN OFFICERS
SECOND-LIEUTENANT N. P. CLARKE
Munster Fusiliers, a nephew of Mr. Edgar Wood, Skipton, killed in action, aged 23 years.
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01 September 1916
SKIPTON MAGISTRATES' CLERK'S NEPHEW KILLED
Second-Lieutenant Norman Pickslay Clark, of the Munster Fusiliers, who has been killed in action, was a nephew of Mr. Edgar Wood, of Skipton, and after being invalided home from Gallipoli spent a good deal of time with Mr. Wood and his family in Skipton. Only 23 years of age, deceased was the second son of Councillor W. Clark, of Regent Square, Doncaster (a former Mayor of the borough), and was articled to a firm of accountants when war broke out. He immediately joined the North Staffordshire Territorials, and later received a commission in the West Yorkshires. Subsequently, he saw service in the Munster Fusiliers, and was in the Gallipoli campaign, where he was wounded and invalided home suffering from dysentery. He was wounded two days before his death, but was able to continue on duty. His elder and only brother is serving at the Front as an officer of the Royal Engineers. Deceased's forefathers were Quakers, and his grandfather, the late Mr. R. E. Clark, was one of the first county aldermen of the West Riding.
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