Arthur Cyril Clake

Memorial: Downend - Christ Church

Regiment: Wiltshire Regiment

Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal

Rank and number: 2nd Lieutenant

Parents: Samuel Robert and Ellen Clake

Marital status: Single

Home address: Home Address: Eversley, Overnhill Road, Downend, Bristol. Lived: Poplar Villa, Downend Road, Downend, Bristol (1901 census)

Pre-war occupation: Commercial Clerk (Cocoa Manufacturer)

Date of birth: 1892

Place of birth: Redcliffe, Bristol

Date of death: 09/04/1917

Buried/Commemorated at: Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, France

Age: 24

Further information:

Arthur served with the 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. Commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant 1/01/1917 – previously served with the Honourable Artillery Company as a private, service number 4344.

Also recorded on the St Mary's Church, Fishponds Roll of Honour.

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis.