CLARKE John Lionel

  • First Name(s):
    John 
    Lionel 
  • Surname:
    CLARKE
  • Service Number:
    10213
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    2nd Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    10th March 1915
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France, Panel 17 and 18.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and resident Pershore, Worcestershire, enlisted Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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CLARKE John Lionel Is Named On These Memorials

Birlingham St James’s Church
Birlingham War Memorial
Pershore Abbey

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Pershore Abbey surname spelt Clark, with the additional information: Worcestershire Regiment.
Birlingham St James’s Church surname spelt Clarke with the additional information: Private 2nd Worcestershire Regt
Birlingham War Memorial surname spelt Clarke.

Further Information About CLARKE John Lionel

Private, 1st Worcesters. Brother of Maudie Playdon of Engine Terrace. In regular army. Came from Africa to France 1914, killed 10th March 1915.
Additional information from Pershore Parish Records, Holy Cross, Film No 216/7, available at Worcestershire Archives.

A photograph of Private John Clarke of Pershore can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 27th March 1915, available at Worcestershire Archives.

John Clarke has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Le Touret Memorial.

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