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242473 Pte. Frederick Harold Clarke British Army 7th Btn. Cheshire Regiment from:Syston Leicestershire (d.7th June1917) Frederick Clarke enlisted on 10th December 1916 and was assigned to the 7th Leicestershire Regiment. He was living at at The Furlongs, Barkby Road, Syston, Leicestershire and was employed in the Family Market Gardening business owned by his Father Robert Clarke together with his 2 brothers. Frederick was 24 years 6 months old and was 5 feet 8 and a quarter inches tall. His next of kin was his father Robert Clarke. He was mobilised on 27th January 1917 and after training was transferred to the 10th Cheshire Regiment and sent to France on 3rd May 1917. He was killed in action on 7th of June 1917 in Belgium at the Battle of Messines and is buried in the Messines Ridge British Cemetery. He was a private and his regimental number was 50871. His records list his father Robert Clarke, Fanny Clarke, his mother, his 2 brothers, Arthur Bernard Clarke and George Edgar Clarke all living at The Furlongs, Barkby Road, Syston, and his sister Ethel Kate Allen of 23, Sidney Road, Leicester. He was born in 1891 in Burton Bandalls, a hamlet near Burton on the Wolds, Leicestershire and was not married. Frederick Harold Clarke was the grandson of Robert Clarke, my 2 times Great Grandfather and cousin to my Grandmother, Elsie Lowe nee Parnell. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**