Francis Herbert Clarke

1891 - 1918  (27 years)

• Name	Francis Herbert Clarke
  Birth	14 Jun 1891	Stafford, Staffordshire, England   [1, 2]
  Christening	14 Jun 1891	Stafford, Staffordshire, England   [3]
  	Name: Francis Herbert Clarke Baptism date: 14 Jun 1891 Baptism place: Stafford, St Paul (Forebridge) County: Staffordshire Denomination: Anglican Father's name: Edgar Mother's name: Ada Abode: Browning Street Quality, Trade, or Profession: Joiner Archive reference: D3358/3 Page: 66
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Nov 1918  [4, 5, 6]
  	Name: Francis Herbert CLARKE Rank: 2/LT Initials: F H Regiment, Corps etc.: Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery Battalion etc.: Decoration: MC Date died: 1 November 1918 How died: Killed in action Supplementary Notes: (28TH ARMY BDE) Name: CLARKE, Francis H Unit: R.F.A. (S.R.) Rank: 2nd Lieutenant Year: 1918 Volume: O.7 Page: 162 Record source: GRO War Death Army Officers Indices (1914 to 1921)
  Probate	28 Feb 1920	Lichfield, Staffordshire, England   [6]
  	CLARKE Francis Herbert of Tenterbanks Staffordshire second-lieutenant Royal Field Artillery died 1 November 1918 in France or Flanders Administration 28 February to Violet Clarke widow. Effects £125 13s. 9d.
  Commemorated	28 Oct 1922	Lichfield, Staffordshire, England   [7, 8]
  	CLARKE, F H Memorial Stafford (WMR 2117) Stafford Staffordshire Bronze figure of soldier raising helmet aloft in right hand and holding rifle in left hand and standing on heaped debris, upon a tall square plinth. Square outside Stafford Crown Court Crown Court, Earl Street, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST16 2AQ (Unveiled 28 Oct 1922)
  Burial	Harelbeke, West Flanders, Belgium   [9]
  	CLARKE, F H Rank: Second Lieutenant Date of Death: 01/11/1918 Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery 124th Bty. Awards: M C Grave Reference IV. B. 9. Cemetery HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
  Person ID	I4528	Gilbert
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2020

  
  

  Family	Violet Emberton,   b. 8 Mar 1892, Stafford, Staffordshire, England d. 1957, Stafford, Staffordshire, England (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	1912	Stafford, Staffordshire, England   [10, 11]
  Children	+ 1. Phyllis Frances Clarke,   b. 9 May 1913, Stafford, Staffordshire, England d. 1993, Stafford, Staffordshire, England (Age 79 years)   2. Marjorie Olive Clarke,   b. 18 Dec 1916, Stafford, Staffordshire, England d. 3 Sep 2002, Dacorum, Hertfordshire, England (Age 85 years)   3. Doris May Clarke,   b. 22 Jun 1918, Stafford, Staffordshire, England d. 1919, Stafford, Staffordshire, England (Age 0 years) + 4. Francis Herbert Clarke,   b. 22 Jun 1918, Stafford, Staffordshire, England d. 13 Jan 1998, Bromley, Kent, England (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F1240	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2019

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 14 Jun 1891 - Stafford, Staffordshire, England Christening - 14 Jun 1891 - Stafford, Staffordshire, England Marriage - 1912 - Stafford, Staffordshire, England Probate - 28 Feb 1920 - Lichfield, Staffordshire, England Commemorated - 28 Oct 1922 - Lichfield, Staffordshire, England Burial - - Harelbeke, West Flanders, Belgium  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Location       : City/Town       : District/Borough       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  CLARKE, Francis Herbert: World War 1 Medal Index Card World War 1 medal index card for Francis Herbert CLARKE. He was a Battery Sergeant Major (BSM) in the Royal Field Artillery and 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery 28th Brigade. He entered the theatre of war in France in 1917. He was killed in action on 1 Nov 1918. He was awarded the Victory Medal, the British War Medal, the Territorial Force War Medal and mentioned in despatches (MID) emblems. There is a note on the reverse of the card: Widow - Mrs F H Clarke, 2 Tenterbanks, Stafford. UK, British Army World War I Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 (ancestry.co.uk)

  
  

• Sources

  [S129] General Register Office (England and Wales), GRO Online Index (Births) - England and Wales, Clarke, Francis Herbert; Mother's Maiden Surname: Scott; GRO Reference: 1891 J Quarter in STAFFORD Volume 06B Page 4 Occasional Copy: A (accessed 13 Oct 2018). [S302] Alan Regnart, e-mail, 5 Jul 2012, "Comments"; attachment - "Register Report Edgar Clarke.pdf". [S193] Staffordshire Baptisms (FindMyPast), Clarke, Francis Herbert; Baptism year: 1891; Father's name: Edgar; Mother's name: Ada; Baptism place: Stafford, St Paul (Forebridge) (accessed 4 Nov 2017). [S137] British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths And Burials (FindMyPast), Clarke, Francis H; 1918; Archive reference: ARO1; Source: GRO War Death Army Officers Indices (1914 to 1921) (accessed 28 Nov 2018). [S85] Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919 (FindMyPast), Clarke, Francis Herbert; 1918; Rank: 2/lt; Regiment: Royal Horse Artillery And Royal Field Artillery (accessed 20 Sep 2018). [S221] Find a Will (Gov.uk), Clarke, Francis Herbert; 1920 (accessed 1 Mar 2018). [S382] War Memorials Register (FindMyPast), Clarke, F H; Death year: 1918; County: Staffordshire; Country: England (accessed 17 Dec 2020). [S383] War Memorials Register (Imperial War Museum - IWM), Clarke, F H; Memorial county: Staffordshire; Memorial town: Stafford (accessed 17 Dec 2020). [S38] Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), Clarke, F H; Country: Belgium; Cemetery: Harlebeke New British Cemetery or memorial; Regiment: Royal Field Artillery; First World War (accessed 21 Aug 2018). [S262] General Register Office (England and Wales), UK BMD (FindMyPast) Marriage index, Clarke, Francis H - Emberton, Violet; 1912; Stafford, Staffordshire; D Quarter; Volume: 6B; Page: 48 (accessed 28 Oct 2018). [S282] UK BMD (StaffordshireBMD) Marriages, Clarke, Francis Herbert - Emberton, Violet; 1912; Region: Stafford; Marriage venue: Civil Marriage (Stafford) (accessed 26 Mar 2019).