Ernest Edward Clarke (1892-1915)

Ernest Edward Clarke

Individual Events and Attributes

Occupation:
agricultural / farm labourer and a horseman²
Birth:
Q3 1892
Needham Market, Suffolk, England¹ ³ ²
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 8)
Black Brook Cottage, Horkesley Green, Great Horkesley, Essex, England³
son as Ernest Rainbird Clarke attending school and living with his parents William and Eliza, and brothers Frederick and Charles. Born in Needham Market Suffolk
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 18)
Swains Farm, Little Clacton, Essex, England²
unmarried son as Ernest Rainbird working as a labourer on a farm and living in six rooms with his parents William and Eliza, and brother Charles. Born in Needham Market Suffolk
Death:
26 Sep 1915 (age 22-23)
Pas-de-Calais, France⁴
Burial:
Dud Corner Cemetery, Route de Bethune, Loos-en-Gohelle, Pas-de-Calais, France⁴
gunner 50536 serving with the Royal Field Artillery "D" Battery, 109th Brigade died 26th September 1915
Medals:
24 Feb 1920⁵
Victory and British War medals

1.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1892 quarter:3 volume:4a page:813. Cit. Date: 3 October 2025.

2.: England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10238 class:RG78 piece:539 registration district:197 sub-district:2 enumeration district:5 schedule:63. Cit. Date: 3 October 2025.

3.: England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1718 folio:37 page:8 schedule:55. Cit. Date: 3 October 2025.

4.: Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). France Pas-de-Calais Loos Dud Corner Cemetery V.E.12. Cit. Date: 7 October 2025.

5.: Ancestry UK WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1920, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). National Archive ref:WO 363 piece:0089 Royal Field Artillery page:179. Cit. Date: 7 October 2025.