Francis Hall Clark
He was a printing representative in 1939.
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He was the son of Harry and Harriet Clark of Nottingham; husband of May Clark of Nottingham.
Vlieland General Cemetery Grave 36
HMS Pintail
On 10 June 1941, 28 nautical miles east-south-east of Spurn Point in position 53º30'536"N, 00º52'625"E, the Harwich based patrol vessel HMS Pintail was escorting a convoy near 62-Buoy some 30 miles off the Humber when the steamship "Royal Scot" detonated an acoustic mine, blew up and sank. Pintail immediately dashed to the scene to help in the rescue, but she was also caught out by an acoustic mine, close to the steamship. HMS Pintail blew up and was lost almost immediately, instantly killing her Commanding Officer, Lt. John Leopold Elphinstone McClintock, RN, six-officers and forty-eight ratings including Ordinary Seaman Adam Allen from Retford, Coder Francis Clark from Nottingham and Ordinary Coder Arthur Martin from West Bridgford. HMS Quantock and another ship rescued 22 men (one-third of Pintail’s crew). (WW2 talk)
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