Name
John Herbert Clarke
28/10/1890
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
01/09/1959
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
M2 136365
Army Service Corps
Mechanical Transport
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
NA
Pre War
His parents were Amos Clarke 1861 – 1895 and Elizabeth nee
Parker 1862 – 1942. They had four
children: Edith Ellen b.16/3/1892, Florence b.1894 and three brothers, Thomas,
John and Albert. All of whom who joined up in the 1st World War and survived.
In the 1891 England Census Amos Clarke is listed as a farm
labourer and the family are living in Furneux Pelham. The Clarke family are an old Furneux Pelham
family.
In the 1911 England Census Edith Ellen Clarke and Florence
Clarke are listed as employed at The Chequers Hotel, 19 North Street, Bishops
Stortford.
There was also a half-brother William Wallace/Wallis b.1898 from their mother's second marriage following their father's death in 1895.
1911 England Census – a farm labourer and living at the
family home in Furneux Pelham.
Wartime Service
He was 'driver' in the Mechanical Transport.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index card (ref: WO 372/4) gives no further details of enlistment or action.
Additional Information
All three brothers and their half-brother survived the war.
He married Edith Ellen Piper 1893 – 1953 on the 4th February 1923 at Hockerill, Herts.
Acknowledgments
Helen Lisle-Wood (Great Niece)
