See also

Family of Herbert Palmer Clarke and Dorothy Armitage

  • Husband:

  • Herbert Palmer Clarke (1892-1918)

  • Wife:

  • Dorothy Armitage (1892- )

  • Children:

  • Herbert Palmer Clarke (1919-1992)

  • Marriage:

  • Q2 1918

  • Tendring "Registration District", Essex, England1

Husband: Herbert Palmer Clarke

  • Name:

  • Herbert Palmer Clarke2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • John Carr Herbert Clarke (1867-1947)

  • Mother:

  • Mary Ann Palmer (1862-1935)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • assistant outfitter3

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1892

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England2 4 3

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 8)

  • Arnold House, 26 Pier Avenue, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England4

  •  

  • son living with his parents John and Mary, sister Annie, and brother John. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 18)

  • Arnold House, 26 Pier Avenue, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England3

  •  

  • unmarried son as Palmer working as an assistant outfitter and living in eleven rooms with his parents John and Mary, sister Annie, brother Bernard, and a servant. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Death:

  • 1 Oct 1918 (age 27)

  • Somme, France5

  • Probate:

  • 20 Feb 1920

  • Probate Registry, London, England6

  •  

  • of The Hollies St. James Crescent Clacton-on-Sea Essex second lieutenant R.A.F. died 1st October 1918 in France, probate of effects of £214 17s 4d (~£6,200 in 2017) to Dorothy Clarke widow and John Carr Herbert Clarke tailor

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Bronfay Farm Cemetery, Bray-sur-Somme, Somme, France5

  •  

  • a Second Lieutenant of 46 Squadron Royal Air Force died on 1st October 1918 age 27. Son of James Carr Herbert and Mary Ann Clarke; husband of Dorothy Clarke of Southwood Old Road Frinton-on-Sea

Wife: Dorothy Armitage

  • Name:

  • Dorothy Armitage7 1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • Q4 1892

  • Crouch End, London, England7 8 9 10

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 8)

  • Westerlee, Fortis Green Road, Muswell Hill, Middlesex, England8

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents William and Emily, sister Amelia, brother Frederick, and aunt Mary Stewart. Born in Crouch End Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 18)

  • Sunnycroft, Old Road, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, England9

  •  

  • unmarried daughter living in eight rooms with her parents William and Emily, sister Amelia, brother Frederick, and aunt Mary Ann Stewart. Born in Crouch End London

  • Administrator:

  • 20 Feb 1920 (age 27)

  •  

     

    Dorothy Armitage was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Herbert Palmer Clarke on Friday on 20 February 1920 at the Probate Registry, London, England

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 28 yrs 9 mns)

  • Southwood, Old Road, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, England10

  •  

  • widowed daughter doing home duties and living in seven rooms with her parents William and Emily, her son Herbert, cousin Freda Hancock, and two visitors. Born in Islington Middlesex

Child 1: Herbert Palmer Clarke

  • Name:

  • Herbert Palmer Clarke11 12

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Muriel Winifred Hiney (1921-2016)

  • Birth:

  • 26 Mar 1919

  • Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England11 10 13 12

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 2 yrs 2 mns)

  • Southwood, Old Road, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, England10

  •  

  • grandson living in seven rooms with his grandparents William and Emily Armitage, his widowed mother Dorothy, aunt Freda Hancock, and two visitors. Born in Clacton on Sea Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 20)

  • 74 Regents Park Road, Finchley, Middlesex, England13

  •  

  • an unmarried medical student living with his widowed grandmother Emily Armitage. Born on 26th March 1919

  • Death:

  • 14 Oct 1992 (age 73)

  • Haringey "Registration District", Greater London, England12 14

  • Probate:

  • 14 Dec 1992

  • Probate Registry, London, England

  •  

  • of 46 Creighton Avenue London N10 died 14th October 1992, probate of £201,517 (~£391,000 in 2017)

Note on Wife: Dorothy Armitage

It is highly likely that Dorothy married again having been widowed young but there are many possible marriages, need more information

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Tendring 1918 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1312. Cit. Date: 6 March 2026.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1892 quarter:3 volume:4a page:843. Cit. Date: 5 March 2026.

3.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10225 class:RG78 piece:538 registration district:197 sub-district:1 enumeration district:4 schedule:28. Cit. Date: 5 March 2026.

4.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1695 folio:112 page:61 schedule:387. Cit. Date: 5 March 2026.

5.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery grave:II.G.18. Cit. Date: 6 March 2026.

6.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). London 1920 page:496. Cit. Date: 6 March 2026.

7.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Islington 1892 quarter:4 volume:1b page:195. Cit. Date: 7 March 2026.

8.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1245 folio:52 page:30 schedule:183. Cit. Date: 7 March 2026.

9.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10234 class:RG78 piece:539 registration district:197 sub-district:2 enumeration district:1 schedule:120. Cit. Date: 7 March 2026.

10.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9137 registration district:197 sub-district:2 enumeration district:3 schedule:252. Cit. Date: 7 March 2026.

11.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Tendring 1919 quarter:2 volume:4a page:992. Cit. Date: 7 March 2026.

12.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Haringey 1992 quarter:4 register:1092 volume:12 page:1658. Cit. Date: 7 March 2026.

13.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:0766J page:2 line:14 letter code:BGBD. Cit. Date: 7 March 2026.

14.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). London 1992 page:1641 no:9251126836V. Cit. Date: 7 March 2026.