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Private

Arthur Clark

Service Number 5068
Military Unit 3rd Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Date of birth Unknown
Date of Death 02 Aug 1915 (19 Years Old)
Place of Birth Corby, LIncolnshire
Employment, Education or Hobbies He was a railway porter prior to enlisting
Family History

Arthur Clark was born in 1896 he was the son of Mary Emma Clark who married William Baldwin in Radcliffe on Trent in 1899 they lived at Railway Cottage, Radcliffe-on-Trent. In 1911 the family are living at Bingham Road, Radcliffe on Trent, William Baldwin is 35 yrs a platelayer wit the Great Northern Railway, he is living with his wife Mary Emma 35 yrs, her son Arthur Clark is 14 yrs of age and a brick and pot maker (he is shown as being a stepson) and Charles Baldwin 4 yrs, Fred Baldwin 2 yrs and John Baldwin 1 year old.

Military History

Private Arthur Clarke enlisted on 24th August 1914 at Nottingham giving his age as 17 years and 348 days old, he was a railway porter, Posted to the 3rd battalion Sherwood Foresters Regiment. He died on 2nd August 1915, aged 19, at West Hall Whitburn Sunderland of natural causes (heart failure) Buried : Boldon (Whitburn) Cemetery, Durham, United Kingdom. Plot U. Row C. Grave 365 He saw no service overseas.

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