Born: 1896, Ipswich.
Died: 4th November 1918; age: 22; KiA.
Residence: Norwich, Norfolk.
Enlistment Location: Ipswich.
Date of Entry Therein: 11th October 1915 – France.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 96249.
Regiment: Royal Fusiliers, London Regiment, 3rd Battalion.
Formerly 18786, Suffolk Regiment, 1st/4th Battalion.
Medals Awarded: Victory, British War & 1915 Star.
Grave Reference:
I.B.19.
Fontaine-au-Bois,
France.
CENSUS
1901 107, Bramford Lane, Ipswich.
Frederick was 5 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
Frederick Edward Clarke, 34, a Bricklayer’s Labourer, born 17, Gipping Street, Ipswich.
Ellen Clarke (nee Mills), born Woodbridge, Suffolk.
Rose May Clarke, 12, born Ipswich.
Alice Clarke, 9, born Ipswich.
Arthur Charles Clarke, 3 months, born Ipswich.
On the 1911 census Frederick’s parents, of 23, Riverside Road, Ipswich, recorded that Frederick was at an Industrial School.
Soldiers’ Effects to Frederick E. Clarke – father.
Royal Fusiliers, London Regiment, 3rd Battalion:http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/royal-fusiliers-city-of-london-regiment/
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