Private Henry Clarke

Army Number: 87709

Battalion: 16th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Son of Henry and Sarah Clarke, of 89 Coronation Road, Brimington, Derbyshire. Husband of Ellen Clarke, of 95 Coronation Rad, Brimington. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting 1st December 1915 at Chesterfield. He went to France on 28th August 1917 and was killed in action, 20th September 1917, aged 22, in the attack on the German positions near Bulgar Wood, Belgium.

Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A.

Private Henry Clarke is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St, Michael and All Angel’s Church War Memorial, Brimington, Derbyshire.
Broom Gardens War Memorial Gates, Brimington, Derbyshire.