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Military service
Service number:
427609
Age:
24
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
46th Bn.
Birth:
February 5, 1892
Enlistment:
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
November 18, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John Clarke, of "Caergwrle," Darley Dale, Matlock, England; husband of Kate Elvin Clarke, of Paradise Cottage, Haddenham, Ely, Cambs, England.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Cecil Clarke
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Matlock War Memorial
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Inscription
Cecil enlisted at Regina on 31st March 1915. He had previously served for 4 years with the 5th Notts & Derbys Vounteers. He was a farmer. He was unmarried at the time of his enlistment, marrying in late 1915 in the UK. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
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Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Cecil Clarke
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Cecil Clarke
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Cecil Clarke
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Cecil Clarke
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Cecil Clarke
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Cecil Clarke
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 67 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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