Memorial

A H Clarke

Alfred Hubert Clarke

Source: Copyright Jane King

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Current Location

Section 2, Eastfield Cemetery, 371, Eastfield Road, Peterborough, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 4RE, England

TF 20603 00701

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 100384
Description: Shaped rectangular headstone, with carved ivy leaves, which now lays supine on family grave (having toppled). The inscription is in lead letters.
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ OUR DEAR PARENTS/ FRED ARTHUR CLARKE,/ WHO DIED NOVEMBER 25TH 1927,/ AGED 72 YEARS/ AND ELIZA ANN CLARKE,/ WHO DIED MAY 27TH 1929,/ AGED 72 YEARS/ SWEET REST AT LAST/ ALSO ALFRED HUBERT CLARKE/ ELDEST SON OF ABOVE/ WHO DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE IN BELGIUM/ NOVEMBER 26TH 1915/ AGED 27 YEARS

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Forenames, surname, relationships, manner of death, place of death, date of death. age.

Sponsor Type: private
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: Erected by the family.
Maintenance History: When this memorial was photographed and recorded for IWM on 29/8/2019 the stone was laying supine, having toppled, but was otherwise in good condition; a few of the lead letters were missing, but the inscription is still legible.

Gravestone

Height: 680mm

Width: 800mm

Depth: 70mm

Made from: Stone - Limestone

Condition: Good

Lettering

Made from: Lead

Condition: Good

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission's record of Private Alfred Hubert Clarke (who they record as having died on 27/11/1915, while serving as 2166 in the 1st Leicestershire Yeomanry, and buried in Aire Communal Cemetery, France) can be found at https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/466849/a-h-clarke/