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Lance Corporal HERBERT JAMES CLARKSON

Service Number: 244240
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 November 1917

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY

IV. F. 9.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Thomas and Henrietta Clarkson, of Woolwich; husband of May Clarkson, of 34, Belson Rd., Woolwich Dockyard, London.
  • Personal Inscription A SILENT THOUGHT A SECRET TEAR KEEPS YOUR MEMORY EVER DEAR MAY
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Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 7420
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