Inscription
6188 LANCE CPL
J CLARKE
SUFFOLK REGIMENT
12TH AUGUST 1914 AGE 29
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Further Information
J Clarke
Son of : (possibly) Ephraim and Emma Clarke, of Shottisham, Woodbridge, Suffolk. If so, his name was John Clarke.
Born : 1884, Woodbridge, Suffolk.
Married : 1908, Lily [sic] Palmer, Register Office, Newport.
Children : John Edwin Leslie (b. 1908); Charles Russell (b. 1910); Leslie George (b. 1912); William Harold (b. 1913).
Census information :
1911 : John and Lily Clarke, with their children, are at Princess Royal Cottage, Cross Lane, Newport. John Clarke is a General Labourer.
Service information :
Lance Corporal 6188 J Clarke, Suffolk Regiment.
Casualty information :
Died : 12 August 1914, aged 29. Circumstances of death unknown. Some records show age at death as 30.
CWGC record ...
According to CWGC record :
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarke; husband of Lilian Osborne (formerly Clarke), of 4, Cross Lanes, Newport, Isle of Wight. Born at Woodbridge, Suffolk.
Lilian [sic] Clarke married George Osborne in the Kingston Registration District Dec Qtr 1915. She died on the Isle of Wight, in 1975, aged 90.
