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ERA. William Pritchard Clark

Royal Navy HMS P26

from:Sunderland, Durham

(d.10th April 1917)

William Clark was the son of Hugh Clark and Hannah Pritchard born in Sunderland, Durham on the 26th of September 1874. He was one of six children. He married Mary Ann Tinmouth at Tynemouth, Northumberland in 1893 and they had six children, Mary's death was in 1908 and in 1912 he re-married Jennie A. Carruthers. In 1911 William was working as a Marine Engine Fitter at Smith's Dock, North Shields.

His death was on the 10th of April 1917 as a Engine Room Artificer in HMS P26 and he is remembered on the Chatham Naval Memorial. He was also mentioned in the South Shields Gazette on the 4th of June 1917 along with a photograph. He earned the 1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal



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