
Lance Sergeant Alfred Henry Clarke
On this day 100 years ago - 30th October 1914 Lance Sergeant Alfred Henry Clarke, born in Wolston in 1883, the son of John and Elizabeth Clarke of Brook Street, was killed in action at Ypres. He had a wife, Florence Mabel Elizabeth Barker, who he married in 1909. They had two children; Alfred Henry Clarke born in Foleshill on 17th January 1910 and Ivy Mabel Elizabeth Clarke born in Foleshill on 28th June 1911. He was 32 years old when he was killed and had only been on the we