| Surname: | Clarke |
| Initials: | C W |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | P/3232 |
| Notes: | MMP. Served Home. He enlisted 11/12/15 age 29 years, occupation Police Constable, Boston Borough Police, home address 62 Granville Street, Boston, Lincolnshire. Served 11/12/15, Army Reserve 12/12/15 to 13/6/16, Home 13/6/16 to 28/12/16 discharged no longer physically fit for war service. A letter in his army record shown that his wife and 3 children were awarded a pension of 29/7 pence per week. Info from Pension Index Cards:- Clarke, Charles William, 3232, MMP, L/Cpl, discharged 28/12/1916 , DIED 8/4/1918 from tuberculosis of Lungs, widow, Gertrude, 62 Granville Street, Boston, born 16/7/1889. children James William born 10/12/1911, Thomas Henry born 7/12/1913, Charles Walter 26/7/1916 17/6/1918, widow received £5 grant, also from 19/7/1917 29/7d per week. Also Form S.B. 36, Clarke, Charles, William, MMP, 3232, L/Cpl, 7/MC/6032, discharged 28/12/1916, married, 62 Granville Street, Boston, Lincs. disability tubercle of lung. Also: Clarke, Charles William, MMP, 3232, 96074/E. SFJ26, 7/MC/6032. Also: MPW.5.. 11/W/34473. CLAIMANT. Swain, William Henry, Mans name Clarke Charles William, 3232, L/Cpl, MMP, relationship to man Guardian of Child, address 30 Granville Street Boston Lincs, 3/12/1927. Charles William Clarke. Extract from the Lincolnshire Echo 9 April 1918. The death of Police Constable Charles William Bellamy Clarke, of the Boston Borough Police Fo54rce, occurred at his residence, 62 Granville Street, on Monday night. Deceased, who was 31 years of age, was a native of Boston and joined the Police Force about eigh6t years ago. Previously he was employed on the Great Northern Railway. In May, 1916, he enlisted in the Military Mounted Police and was in training at Aldershot fo4r duty in German East Africa and came home on draft leave some time ago. But his health gave way and he was invalided to the Connaught and Brompton Hospitals and subsequently to Lincoln and recently returned home a victim to consumption. He leaves a widow and three children. |
Decoration Record: | |
| Decoration: | Silver War Badge (London Gazette: WO 329/3243 Page: List MPC/9 Dec. 12, 1916) |
| Citation: | Badge No. 102115. Enlisted 11/12/1915, discharged 28/12/1916, sickness para 392 (xvi) no longer physically fit for war service. Served Home. |