Arthur Cyril Clake
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Wiltshire Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, 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, Pas de Calais, France. Not commemorated on a local memorial.
Age: 24
Further information:
Arthur was born in Bristol, the son of a company secretary and the eldest of six children with three brothers and two sisters.
Arthur enlisted in September 1915 initially as a private with the 1st Honourable Artillery Company (4344) and in February 1916 was posted overseas. He transferred to the 2nd Battalion, (Duke of Edinburgh's) Wiltshire Regiment in December 1916 and was promoted to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant.
Arthur fought with the British Expeditionary Force in the pursuit of the German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line and died during the First Battle Of The Scarpe which was one of the Battles Of Arras (09/04/1917 -16/05/1917) which was an uncertain British Victory at a cost of 150,000 casualties.
After the armistice, Arthur’s body was exhumed from the battlefield and reburied in its current location.
Also recorded on the St Mary's Church, Fishponds Roll of Honour.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, volunteer researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials website, and John Davis.
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
1901 and 1911 Census