Private Mark James Clarridge

Army Number : 31701

Battalion : 15th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Leicester. Son of John Henry and Sarah Louisa Clarridge, of 223, Beatrice Road, Leicester. He enlisted at Leicester and was killed in action, 26th November 1916, during a German raid of the British line near Arras, France.

Buried : Faubourg D’Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France. Special Memorial 1.

Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France.
Private Mark James Clarridge grave
Photograph of cemetery and grave kindly supplied by Paul Withey

Private Mark James Clarridge is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Bond Street Congregational Church War memorial, Leicester.

His brother Able Bodied Seaman Stanley Alexander Clarridge, of Anson Battalion, Royal Naval Division, also fell in the Great War.