Private Arthur Clarke

Army Number : 82816

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

Born and lived at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. Son of George and Ann Clarke, of 19, Spring Street, Hucknall. He was a tailor and worked for the Co-Operative Society prior to enlisting at Hucknall on 1st August 1916 and was called up for service on 29th March 1917. He was posted to the 9th Battalion on 8th June 1917 and went to France on 3rd October 1917. He was killed in action on 4th November 1918, aged 20, in the attack on the German positions near Sebourg, France.

Buried/Commemorated : Sebourg British Cemetery, France. Row A, Grave 13.

Private Arthur Clarke is also commemorated on the following local memorials:–
St. Mary Magdalen Church War Memorial, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Titchfield Park War Memorial, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Hucknall Co-Operative Society War Memorial, St. Mary Magdalen Churchyard, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Hucknall Co-Operative Society War Memorial, Kimberley, Nottinghamshire.
Hucknall Baptist Church War Memorial, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.