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Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Biography -
- John William Towers-Clark -

Unknown person Name : John William Towers-Clark

Son of Maj. Alexander Towers-Clark and Mirabel Towers-Clark, of The Beach House, Bembridge, Isle of Wight.

Born : 1896, Southampton (registered Mar 1896, South Stoneham).
  Census information :

1901 : Alexander and Mirabel Towers-Clark, with their children including John aged 4, are Visitors at 6 Lennox Road South, Portsmouth. Alexander Towers-Clark is an Army Officer.

1911 : John William Towers-Clark, aged 14, is a pupil at Marlborough College, Wiltshire.

  Service Details :

Lieutenant John William Towers-Clark, 2nd Bn., Royal Scots Fusiliers.

  Casualty Details :

Died : 1 July 1916, aged 20.

Commemorated at : Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

CWGC Record
  Commemorated on these Memorials :

Bembridge Parish War Memorial
Holy Trinity Church, Bembridge, War Memorial
Holy Trinity Church, Bembridge, Towers-Clark / Collins Memorial Window
Freshwater War Memorial
County War Memorial, Carisbrooke Castle


His mother's grave in Ryde Cemetery has a further inscription :

"IN MEMORY OF JACK"
KILLED JULY 1 1916
UNITED IN TIME, PARTED IN TIME
TO BE REUNITED WHEN TIME SHALL BE NO MORE
  Documents and Newspaper cuttings :



The Times, 13 January 1914



The Times, 17 January 1914



The Times, 28 July 1916
  Other Information :

Also named in the commmemorative window at Holy Trinity Church, Hugh Duppa Collins married Elspeth Marion Towers-Clark, the sister of John William Towers-Clark.

Marlborough College Memorial Hall
  Page status :
Page last updated : 5 May 2012



 
 

 
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