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FRANK CLARK

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Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT
Military Number
11/405
Address
2, HILLS PLACE, PRINCESS STREET, HULL, HU2 8BA
Background

Sergeant, FRANK CLARK 11/405. Frank Clark born about 1883 at Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. He was living at 2, Hills Place, Princess Street, Hull and working as a dock labourer in the 1911 UK Census. A single man sharing one room with another dock labourer and a painter. At the outbreak of war, Frank enlisted at City Hall on 8th September 1914 joining the 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, 'The Tradesmen', 2nd Hull Pals. A member of B Company, Frank was a veteran of Egypt, the Somme and Oppy Wood, but met his end when he was wounded and captured during trench raids on German positions at Fresnoy on 8th November 1917. He died of wounds behind enemy lines two days later and was buried in a joint grave in Douai Communal Cemetery. I hope he hadn't left a family behind in Canada, wondering whatever became of their son and brother. RIP Sgt Clark.

Name Frank Clark
Birth Place Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Residence Canada & 2, Hills Place, Princess Street, Hull
Death Date 10 Nov 1917
Death Place France and Flanders
Enlistment Place Hull
Rank Sergeant
Regiment East Yorkshire Regiment
Battalion 11th Battalion
Regimental Number 11/405
Type of Casualty Died of wounds
Theatre of War Western European Theatre
Date Died
10/11/1917
Died
Douai Communal Cemetery, Nord, France
Age
34
Memorial
Douai 59500

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