Private Joseph William Clarke

Army Number : 266510 (formerly 5824)

Battalion : 1/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Son of John Henry and Eliza Clarke, of 12, Leen Side, Nottingham. He was a French polisher and wood carrier prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He was killed in action, 27th April 1917, aged 34, whilst serving in the trenches near Lievin, France.

Buried : Canadian Cemetery No.2, Neuville-St. Vaast, France. Plot 2. Row B. Grave 10.

Canadian Cemetery No.2, Neuville-St. Vaast, France.

Private Joseph William Clarke is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
Loggerheads Public House War Memorial, St. Mary’s Church Nottingham.
John Player War Memorial, Horizon Factory, Thane Road, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.

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