Private Benjamin Clarke

Army Number : 23244

Battalion : 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Kedington, Norfolk. Son of George and Eliza Clark, of Kedington. He was farm labourer prior to enlisting at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire and died of wounds at No. 49 Casualty Clearing Station, Contay, France. 1st October 1916.

Buried/Commemorated : Contay British Cemetery, Contay, France. Plot 1 Row E. Grave 2.

Contay British Cemetery, Contay, France.
Private Benjamin Clarke grave

Private Benjamin Clarke is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. Lawrence the Martyr, War Memorial, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.

Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.