Frank Clark
Memorial: Wick - St Bartholomew's Church
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 5754 and 202072
Parents: Alfred and Amelia Clark
Home address: Bridgeyate, Warmley, Wick, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Farm labourer
Date of birth: 29/09/1893
Place of birth: Oldland, Bristol
Date of death: 24/09/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery, Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Commemorated on St Bartholomew’s Church Memorial, Wick.
Age: 23
Further information:
Frank was born at Oldland, the son of a farm carter and a middle child of eight children with five sisters and two brothers.
Frank mobilised to France with his battalion (the 13th) in March 1916 where they fought in various actions on the Western Front including the Battles of the Somme. In 1917 they fought in the Battles of Ypres and Frank was killed in action in the Battle of the Menin Road Ridge (20 Sep 1917 – 26 Sep 1917). The battle was fought in the Ypres Salient and was a British victory but at a cost of over 20,000 casualties.
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/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/