Charles Martin Clarke
Memorial: Doynton - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: Royal Armoured Corps
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Major
Marital status: Married
Home address: Tracy Park Doynton
Pre-war occupation: 2nd Lieutenant in the cavalry – the 3rd Hussars
Date of birth: 1905
Date of death: 25/10/1942
Buried/Commemorated at: Re-buried El Alamein War Cemetery Egypt in 1943, commemorated Holy Trinity Church Doynton Memorial, Trinity College Cambridge War Memorial
Age: 37
Further information:
Initially he was in the Territorial Army and joined the Hussars cavalry in 1926 on leaving college. The Hussars later became an armoured division and he died on the 3rd day of hard fighting in the second Battle of El Alamein.
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 Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
http://trinitycollegechapel.com/media/filestore/general-documents/RollOfHonourWorldWarII_1.pdf
https://www.krh.org.uk/uploads/4/5/0/9/45090939/krh-newsletter-aug-2013.pdf
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/77f2135c-426f-41b6-bffd-a1ad155afa51