Name
Albert John Clark
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
30/07/1916
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
20522
Bedfordshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 2C.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St Mary’s Church Memorial, Ware, Christchurch Memorial, Ware, Ware Town Memorial, Great Amwell Village Memorial, St John the Baptist Church Memorial, Great Amwell
Pre War
Born in 1897 in Stepney, London son of Thomas Gibbs Clark and Catherine (Ellis) Clark and was living at Red House Road, Ware in 1911.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Hertford probably in 1916 and was killed in action on the Somme during an attack on Malz Horn Farm from Bernafay Wood. In what was judged to be a successful operation, 6 officers and 186 men were killed or wounded.
Additional Information
Brother of Private George Constantine Clark who was killed in action on 3 Jul 1917 and is also commemorated on these memorials.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
