Private Arthur James Clarkson

Army Number : 80087

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

Born and lived at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Son of George and Minnie Clarkson, of 63, Mansell Street, Grimsby. He was an engine cleaner prior to enlisting 13th May 1916 at Grimsby. Went to France 7th March 1917 and died 27th April 1918, aged 20, of shrapnel wounds to his right leg.

Buried : Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No.3, Belgium. Plot 1. Row O. Grave 18.

Private Arthur James Clarkson is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. James Church War Memorial, Grimsby, Lincolnshire.