Name
Frederick Clark
1896
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
27/08/1915
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
2565
Hertfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 (Mons) Star, British War and Victory Medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
WOBURN ABBEY CEMETERY, CUINCHY
I. F. 11.
France
Headstone Inscription
PEACE PERFECT PEACE
UK & Other Memorials
St Albans Citizens Memorial, Town Hall (old) Memorial, St Albans, St Albans School Memorial, St Albans School Roll of Honour 1914-16, Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford, Not on the Digswell Memorials
Pre War
Frederick Clark was born in Digswell on 6 September 1895, the son of Edgar and Ellen Clark, and baptised there on 27 October 1895.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at Mill House, Digswell, where his father was working as a carpenter/joiner. By 1911 they had moved to Langton, 8 Eaton Road, St Albans. Frederick was educated at St Albans School.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Hertford on 28 August 1914 and served with the 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment in France from 6 November 1914.
He was killed and another soldier was wounded in action near Gorre whilst digging a new communication trench.
Additional Information
His father, Mr E Clark of Langton, Eaton Road, St Albans, ordered his headstone inscription: "PEACE PERFECT PEACE". His father received a war gratuity of £3 and pay owing of £8 9s 5d. His mother received a pension of 5 shillings a week from 6 November 1918.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Gareth Hughes, Jonty Wild
