Military service
Service number:
1219
Age:
34
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
8th Bn.
Birth:
September 21, 1882
Elora, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 21, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
September 26, 1916
France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Lt. Col. Charles Clarke (ex-Speaker, Ontario Legislature), and of Rose E Halley Clarke, of Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Richard Halley Clarke
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
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Attestation Papers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CHILD TO CLAYTON. Microform Sequence 20; Volume Number 31829_B016729. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 164. Page 927 of 1068 -
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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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 Richard Halley Clarke
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Richard Halley Clarke
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Richard Halley Clarke
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Richard Halley Clarke
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Richard Halley Clarke
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Richard Halley Clarke
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Richard Halley Clarke
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Richard Halley Clarke
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Richard Halley Clarke
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 67 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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Digitized personnel record available through Library and Archives Canada.
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