Wilfred Clark
Memorial: Yate - St Mary's Church Lych Gate
Regiment: Royal Navy
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Stoker 1st Class K/12844
Parents: John and Fanny Clark
Home address: Yate Rocks, Yate, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Gardener in 1911
Date of birth: 01/10/1893
Place of birth: Yate, Bristol
Date of death: 01/11/1914
Buried/Commemorated at: Plymouth Naval Memorial 3
Age: 21
Further information:
Wilfred Clark was born in 1893 in Yate. Wilfred was the son of John and Fanny Clark. He was brother to Ethel, Jacob, Herbert and Teresa. His father was a miner and he was born in Yate. In 1911 the family lived in Yate Rocks and Wilfred was working as a gardener’s labourer
Wilfred joined the Royal Navy and served on HMS Monmouth, he was Killed in Action at the Battle of Coronel, off the coast of Chile. Wilfred's body was not recovered for burial. HMS Monmouth capsized taking her entire crew of 735 men with her, as the seas were too rough to attempt any rescue effort. He was 21 years old when he died in 1914
Wilfred is remembered on the Plymouth Navy Memorial, on the Yate Church Lych Gate Memorial and on Chipping Sodbury War Memorial Cottage Hospital Memorial Board at Yate and District Heritage Centre
Wilfred Clark is remembered on the Yate Lych Gate Memorial and the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, which is now at Yate and District Heritage Centre, under Yate
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre, Forces War Records and CWGC