The Roll of Honour, Volume 1 : A biographical record of all members of His…

and, arriving in England soon after the outbreak of war, he obtained through the Cambridge O.T.C. his commission in the Special Reserve of Officers as 2nd Lieut. from 15 Aug. 1914, joining the 6th Battn. Rifle Brigade at Sheerness. He went to the Front in November, but was shortly after invalided home with influenza and a slight attack of pneumonia. He rejoined the reserve battn. (6th) in February, 1915, and went to France, 17 March, where he was attached to the 2nd Battn., joining A Coy. He was killed on 9 May, 1915, in the attack on Fromelles and the Aubers Ridge as he was leading his platoon to take the German trenches. He was buried near Basseye, a little north of Kemmel, France. Almost all the officers of the battn. were casualties in this attack, but Capt. Nugent, company officer, 2nd Rifle Brigade, wrote: “Your son commanded his platoon with the greatest dash and gallantry, and showed himself to be a splendid officer.” He had already gained distinction in his professional career as a civil engineer, important works having been entrusted to his care, and was a keen sportsman in every way. His next brother, Algernon Percy, was killed also in France, two and a-half months later, July 24 (see his notice). [Illustration: =Harold Percy Clarke.=] =CLARKE, HERBERT CHARLES=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21948, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =CLARKE, HERBERT EDGAR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R.B., 8114), S.S. 103947, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =CLARKE, HENRY HAMES=, Chief Ship’s Cook (Pensioner), 153478, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CLARKE, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5108), 175327, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CLARKE, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109357, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CLARKE, JAMES GEORGE=, Officer’s Steward, 1st Class, L. 5276, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =CLARKE, MAURICE TREDWAY=, Private, No. 29752, 10th Battn., 1st Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force, yr. _s._ of Tredway Sydenham Clarke, Barrister-at-Law, late of Lincoln’s Inn, by his wife, Constance, dau. of Edmund Dewar Bourdillon; _b._ Richmond, co. Surrey, 22 March, 1883; educ. Malvern College, Eastbourne College and St. Catherine’s College, Cambridge; went to Canada in June, 1905, and took up land near Eagle Butte, Medicine Hat, Alberta, and in 1910 obtained an appointment under the Dominion Forestry Department, which he held until Sept. 1913. On the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, he volunteered for Imperial service; came over with the first contingent in Oct.; went to France, Feb. 1915; was slightly wounded in the early stages of the Second Battle of Ypres, and died 24 April, 1915, from injuries received whilst the ambulance was passing through Ypres; _unm._ He was buried at Vlamertinghe. [Illustration: =Maurice Tredway Clarke.=] =CLARKE, MONTAGU CHRISTIAN CUTHBERT=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, only _s._ of the late Montagu Charles Clarke, of the Southern Mahratta Railway, India, by his wife, Ada Georgina, dau. of Daniel Booth Rowbotham; _b._ Lindfield, co. Sussex, 3 Oct. 1893; educ. Radley College, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 4 Sept. 1912, and promoted Lieut. 12 Dec. 1914. He was killed in action at Ypres, 8 May, 1915, and buried in graveyard of the temporary hospital on the Menin Road, about one mile from Ypres; _unm._ =CLARKE, MORDAUNT EDWARD LEONARD HANNAM=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Worcestershire Regt., yst. _s._ of the late Col. Francis Coningsby Hannam Clarke, C.M.G., R.A., sometime Surveyor-General of Ceylon, by his wife, Elizabeth Stainton (24, The Grove, Boltons, S.W.), dau. of S. W. Brown, F.R.C.S.; _b._ Bath, 13 Oct. 1884; educ. Marlborough College and University College Oxford; served first in the Kent Artillery from which he was gazetted 2nd Lieut. Worcestershire Regt., 29 May, 1907, and was promoted Lieut. 22 Oct. 1910, serving for the next 3 or 4 years as Scout Officer to his regt. On the outbreak of the European war he left with his regt. for France, and was shot through the head by a bullet from a shell at Candry, near Cambray, 26 Aug. 1914; _unm._ He was carried to the Civil Hospital at Marly, but never regained consciousness. He received the following “mention” in Aug. 1913:--“I am to inform you that the G.O.C. 7th Brigade, wishes you to know how much he appreciates your work as Scout Officer during Brigade training. As this matter was not mentioned at the Pow-Wow he desired that you should be informed at once.” =CLARKE, VICTOR=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 8513), 194420, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =CLARKE, WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 308, A Coy., 2nd Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of George Clarke, pit top man, by his wife, Mary, dau. of George Kelk; _b._ Blyth, 4 June, 1885; educ. there and Austerfield; enlisted in May, 1903, and served eight years in India, Egypt and Malta, and was a Reservist when war broke out. He was gassed at the Battle of Hill 60, but recovered and was sent back to the trenches, and was killed in action at Ypres, 29 June, 1915, and was buried at La Brique, a mile and a-half away from Ypres, near Turco Farm. He had put his head over the parapet of the trench to aim at a German sniper, and was shot through the head, being killed instantaneously. 2nd Lieut. Granger wrote: “He was an excellent soldier, a splendid N.C.O., who took an interest in his work, and whatever he did he did well. He was as plucky a man as it is possible to meet. I deeply regret his death, and may say that there is no one else in the company whose loss would be more keenly felt.” Sergt. Clarke was mentioned for conspicuous bravery on the field. He also had six medals which he received while serving in India, etc. He _m._ at St. James’ Church, Doncaster, 3 Aug. 1913, Harriet (61, Concrete Cottages, Wombwell, near Barnsley), dau. of Thomas Schorah, and had twin children: Laurence and Doris (died 26 Aug. 1914), _b._ 4 July, 1914. [Illustration: =William Clarke.=] =CLARKE, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 5843), S.S. 100711, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =CLARKE, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 17297, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CLARKE, WILLIAM JOB=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10258), 208608, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CLARKSON, ARTHUR EDWIN=, Private, No. 1122, 8th Battn. (90th Winnipeg Rifles) Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Annie (now wife of Maurice Barker, of St. Rose du Lac, Manitoba, Canada, and relict of John Cahill, of Scarborough); _b._ Scarborough, co. York; educ. Scarborough Board School; went to Canada with his mother in June, 1903; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and enlisted at Portage la Perrée, Man., 14 Aug. 1914; left Canada with the first contingent in Oct.; went to the Front in Feb., and was killed in action at Langemarck, 25 April, 1915. He _m._ at St. Mary’s Church, Scarborough, 8 May, .... Sarah (21, Hadden Street, Aberdeen), dau. of (----) Newcombe; _s.p._ His half-brother, Private John Cahill, 45th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force is now (1916) on active service. [Illustration: =Arthur Edwin Clarkson.=] =CLARKSON, ERNEST=, E.R.A., 4th Class, 272189, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =CLARKSON, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Lieut.-Commander, R.N., only _s._ of the late Col. Frederick William Clarkson, 39th Dorsetshire Regt., by his wife, Ella Rosa (who _m._ 2ndly, Col. Sir Augustus Riversdale Warren, 5th Bart., of Warren’s Court, co. Cork), dau. of Major-General John Octavius Chichester, 39th Regt.; _b._ Dorchester, 6 Oct. 1883; became a cadet H.M.S. Britannia, in 1899; Midshipman within four months, Sub-Lieut. in 1892, Lieut. in 1904 and Lieut.-Commander, 1912. He was lost in H.M.S. Hawke when that ship was torpedoed 15 Oct. 1914; _unm._ [Illustration: =Frederick W. Clarkson.=] =CLARKSON, GERALD RICHARD=, Corpl., No. 4, 525, Divisional Signal Coy., New Zealand Engineers, elder _s._ of the late Richard Potts Clarkson, M.A., Director of Technical Education, Hawkes Bay District, and Headmaster, Napier Technical College; by his wife, Rosina, dau. of (----) O’Shaughnessy, and nephew of John Bowes Clarkson, of Christchurch, New Zealand; _b._ Palmerston North, New Zealand, 26 Oct. 1893; educ. Normanby Public School, Stratford High School, and Napier Technical College; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left for Egypt with the main Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 24 May, 1915, while patrolling Telegraph Lines in “No Man’s Land”; _unm._ Buried with three other New Zealanders near where he fell before a general Cemetery was decided on. [Illustration: =Gerald R. Clarkson.=] =CLARKSON, ROBERT=, Signalman, 190401, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CLARRICOATES, GEORGE HENRY=, Stoker, P.O., 306293, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =CLAW, SIDNEY THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9334), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CLAXTON, EDWIN ARNOLD=, Officer’s Steward, 2nd Class, Pensioner, 157283; reported missing after the sinking of H.M.S. Speedy by a mine 30 miles off the East Coast, 3 Sept. 1914. =CLAY, FRANK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3895), S.S. 101752, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =CLAY, FRANK=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110996, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =CLAY, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8970), S.S. 105678, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CLAYDON, JAMES LEMARQUE=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 1105), R.M.A. 11040, 4th _s._ of William Tilbrook Claydon, of Cambridge, by his wife, Emily; joined the Royal Marine Artillery in Nov. 1904; purchased his discharge in March, 1911, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve; was called up for service on the outbreak of hostilities, and was lost in action in H.M.S. Hogue in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CLAYHILLS, GEORGE, D.S.O.=, Capt., 1st Battn. East Lancashire Regt., 4th _s._ of Thomas Clayhills, of Invergowrie, co. Forfar, and Thornton-le-Moor, co. York, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of John Rob, of Catton Hall, co. York; _b._ Darlington; educ. Cheltenham College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Received his commission and joined the 4th Militia Battn. of the Cheshire Regt. 8 Sept. 1896, from which he was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Battn. East Lancashire Regt. 4 Jan. 1899; promoted Lieut. 4 June, 1900; and Capt. 8 Feb. 1908; and was Adjutant from April, 1906, to April, 1909. He went with his regt. to South Africa and served with the 8th Mounted Infantry during the war 1900–2, and took part in the operations at Paardeberg, and actions at Poplar Grove, Dreifontein, Karee Siding, Vet River and Zand River, being twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901, and 17 May, 1902], and receiving the Queen’s medal with four clasps, and the King’s medal with two clasps, and the D.S.O. On the outbreak of the European War he left with his regt. for the Front, served in France and Flanders, took part in the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, and was killed in action at the first Battle of Ypres, 2 Nov. 1914; _unm._ He was buried about three miles north of Armentières, one mile east of the Ploegsteert-le Cheir Road. [Illustration: =George Clayhills.=] =CLAYTON, ARTHUR GARDNER=, Private, No. 18000, Princess Patricia’s Canadian L.I., 2nd _s._ of Arthur Gardner Clayton, of the Colonial Secretary’s office, Ceylon, by his wife, Lucy, dau. of the late Ven. R. Sutton, Archdeacon of Lewes and Vicar of Pevensey; _b._ Belize, British Honduras, 2 July, 1893; educ. King’s School, Bruton, co. Somerset, and was afterwards a clerk in the Saskatoon branch of the Bank of Montreal. On the outbreak of the European War he enlisted in Princess Patricia’s Canadian L.I., and was killed in action at Dickebusch, near St. Eloi, 15 Feb. 1915; _unm._ =CLAYTON, GERALD EDWARD CRIRIE=, of Penarwel, Llanbedrog, M.A., Barrister-at-Law, 2nd Lieut., Royal Marines, R.N.D., only _s._ of Ralph Cririe Clayton (grandson of Ralph Clayton, of Leyland and Crooke Hall, co. Lancaster), by his wife, Caroline, only dau. of the late Lieut.-Gen. John Ffolliott Crofton; _b._ Liverpool, 27 Dec. 1879; educ. at Liverpool College and Worcester College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. and M.A., and was called to the Bar (Inner Temple) in 1904. He was for three years a Lieut. in the Army Motor Reserve, but this corps was disbanded in Dec. 1913. After the declaration of war in Aug. 1914, he volunteered with his motor car as a Despatch Rider, and was given a commission in the Royal Naval Division, 24 Sept.