Private Charles George Clarke

Army Number : 26908

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

British War and Victory Medal

Born at Walsall and lived at Awsworth, Nottinghamshire. Son of Charles and Elizabeth Clarke, of Main Street, Awsworth, Nottinghamshire. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting 5th June 1915 at Ilkeston, Derbyshire. He went to France 6th March 1916 and was killed in action, 5th August 1916, aged 19, whilst serving in the line near Givenchy, France.

Buried : Gorre British and Indian Cemetery, France. Plot 2, Row B, Grave 14.

Gorre British and Indian Cemetery, France.

Private Charles Clarke is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. Peter’s Church War Memorial, Awsworth, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.

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