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Pte. George Thomas Clark
British Army 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment
from:Jarrow
(d.23rd Jul 1916)
George Thomas Clark served with 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment (Alexandra Princess of Wale's Own). He was the son of George King Clark and Jane Ann Railton (formerly Clark nee Grieves). On the 1911 census he is recorded as George Thomas Clark age 18 Colliery Screener at Hebburn Pit living with his widowed stepfather Robert Railton and family at 3 Derby Street, Jarrow on the 1911 census. He was born in 1893, lived and enlisted in Jarrow.
George died aged 23 on 23rd July 1916 and is buried in Plymouth (Efford) Cemetery. He is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.