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Private WILLIAM CLARKE

Service Number: 4860
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Scots Guards

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 November 1914

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

I. A. 8A.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Wm. and Kate Byefield Clarke, of Penicuik, nr. Edinburgh. Enlisted in the Scots Guards at Edinburgh, 4th April, 1903, at the age of 18.
  • Personal Inscription THE SUN MAY SHINE THE MOON MAY RISE BUT A DEADLY SLEEP HAS CLOSED HIS EYES
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Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3036
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