Private Stephen Clarke

Army Number : 47416

Battalion : 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

He was born in Nottingham and lived at 35, Bentinck Place, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. Son of Stephen and Lavinia Clarke. He was a grocer’s assistant for the Co-Operative Society at Watnall Road, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. He enlisted at Hucknall on 28th May 1915 and was killed in action on 8th October 1916, in the attack on the German positions near Thiepval, France during the Battle of the Somme.

Commemorated : Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

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