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Sgt. Thomas Clark
British Army 6th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment
from:Scarborough
(d.14th September 1916)
Born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire at 4 Wray's Yard, William Street on the 27th of December 1889, Tom Clark was the second son of Elizabeth (nee Trotter) and George Clark.
A member of the original 6th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment, he served with the unit throughout the war and landed with the battalion at Suvla Bay on 7th of August 1915 to take part in the ill-fated Gallipoli Campaign before finally been evacuated on 21st of December 1915.
Eventually posted to the Western Front, Thomas and the remaining 6th Battalion landed at Marseilles in July 1916, arriving on the Somme on 15th July and losing his life on 14th of September 1916. His body was never recovered and Thomas is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.