Bryan Clark
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Frederick Clark married widow, Agnes Howard, née Harding, at Warwick in 1894. They were living in Newark the following year as that is where their first child, Bryan Clark, was born. By 1901, the family were living at Holly Dale, North Retford, Clarborough, where Frederick was employed as a commercial clerk cashier and the year that Bryan’s sister, Dorothy was born. The family had moved to Manchester and in 1910, Agnes died age 44. In 1911 their address was 6 kirkstall Street, South Manchester and Frederick was now working as an estate agent’s clerk and Bryan as an apprentice plumber. At the end of the year, Frederick had remarried to another Agnes, Agnes J Campbell and had two children, Frederick C Clark born in 1913 and Peter Clark born in 1914.
Bryan Clark Retford Times 28 July 1916 Mr Bryan Clark, son of Mr Fred Clark, a former cashier at the head office of the “Retford, Gainsborough and Worksop Times” was killed on July 1st. He was in one of the Lancashire Battalions and a few years ago resided in Tuxford. Bryan Clark, also known as Joseph Clark, was attested on the 3rd September 1914 at Manchester stating details that he was born at Newark, 19 years old and a warehouseman. He was passed as fit following his medical examination. After his training he was sent to France via Folkstone on the 8th November 1915. It was here, eight months later, that he was killed in action at Montauban. As there is no known grave, he is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. He was posthumously awarded the 1915 Star, British and Victory Medal which were received by his father Frederick Clark , 115 Chapel St, Salford, Manchester.
It is fortunate that Bryan’s service record has survived. However, for reasons unknown, he used the forename of Joseph throughout his short army career of 1 year 303 days. Confirmation that it was the same man, was recorded in several army forms with his family matching details such as father, stepmother and sibling details (including sister Dorothy). Research by Colin Dannatt
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