Private Edward Clarke
Army Number : 24124
Battalion : 15th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.
Awards : M.M. (Military Medal)
Born and lived in Nottingham. Son of Edward and Martha Clarke, of 20, Lavender Street, Dame Agnes Street, Nottingham. he was an ale brewer prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He was awarded the Military Medal London Gazetted date 2nd November 1917. He was killed in action, 25th August 1917, during a German attack on the Knoll near Lempire, France.
Buried : Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery, France. Plot 2. Row G. Grave 46.
Private Edward Clarke is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Nottingham.
St. Mary’s Church Roll of Honour, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.
His Father Private Edward Clarke, Army Service Corps, also fell in the Great War.