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Pte. Leslie William Clarke

British Army 9th Btn. Norfolk Regiment

from:Helpringham, Lincs

(d.20th Nov 1918)

The 9th Btn. Norfolk Regiment had the Americans on one side and the Sherwood Foresters on the other, going from Fresnoy-le-Grand to liberate Brancourt-le-Grand on 8th October 1918. They were repelled near a sunken road and pinned down near a railway station where Leslie's legs were blown off. He was taken to hospital in Rouen for a while, then brought back to hospital in Whalley in Lancashire. Leslie Clarke died there on 20th November 1918, age 19, and was buried at Helpringham, Lincolnshire.



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