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257795 Pte, Osmond Clark British Army 3rd Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment from:Leeds (d.1st July 1916) Osmond Clark is my husband's grandfather. We discovered his name on the WWII memorial in Lawnswood Cemetery Leeds. The date of his death was 1st July 1916, and we immediately linked that to the Battle of The Somme. However, after obtaining his death certificate, we found, sadly, he had died in Whitley Bay of acute lobar pneumonia while serving with the Tyne Garrison. This may have been linked to conditions they experienced, but we shall never know. Unfortunately, his first wife died in 1911, and this meant that my husband's father was left an orphan at the age of 8. He had a stepmother, but eventually he was brought up in a very strict household by his grandparents. I have been unable to obtain his service records. The reason I have been given is that they were likely among those records which were destroyed. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**