The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private T Clark

Private Thomas CLARK, S/8945, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 22nd July 1916.

Born Dartford, Kent, son of Benjamin & Alice Clark, 49 Gloucester Road, Dartford, Kent / 7 South Street, Dartford, Kent.

1911 Census - 31 South Street, Dartford, Kent - Benjamin Clark, head, age 37, married, general labourer, born Dartford, Kent; Alice Clark, wife, age 36, married 18 years, 7 children, all still alive, born Dartford, Kent; Thomas Clark, son, age 16, single, general labourer, born Dartford, Kent; Archie Clark, son, age 18, single, rope runner at chalk quarry, born Dartford, Kent; Emma Clark, daughter, age 5, born Dartford, Kent; Annie Clark, daughter, age 11, school, born Dartford, Kent; Henry Clark, son, age 10, born Dartford, Kent; George Clark, son, age 8, born Dartford, Kent; William Clark, son, age 5 months, born Dartford, Kent.

Enlisted Woolwich, Kent, age 19 years & 150 days, height 5ft 4¼ inches, weight 112lbs, brown eyes, dark hair, scar outer side right eye. Formerly labourer.

Home 12th January 1914 to 25th January 1915; BEF 26th January 1915 to 22nd July 1916.

12th January 1914, enlisted; 4th April 1914, 3rd Class Certificate of Education; 8th August 1914, mobilized; 15th September 1914, forfeits 12 days pay; 31st October 1914, forfeits 7 days pay & awarded 14 days Field Punishment No.2. by Commanding Officer for absence; 26th January 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 27th January 1915, landed 5 Infantry Base Depot; 8th February 1915, joined Battalion, "C" Company, in the Field; 16th March 1915, awarded 14 days Field Punishment No.2; 8th March 1916, 14 Field Ambulance; 20th March 1916, 5 Infantry Base Depot; 3rd April 1916, joined Battalion; 22nd July 1916, wounded & missing.

24th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, deceased; Mother Alice Clark, 46 Lowfield Street, Dartford, Kent; Brothers - Archibald Clark, age 26; Henry Clark, age 17; George Clark, age 16, 35 South Street, Dartford, Kent; Alfred Clark, age 12, 7 South Street, Dartford, Kent; Sisters - Emma Clark, age 13, 46 Lowfield Street, Dartford, Kent; Annie Clark, age 19, Sittingbourne.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.

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