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CLARK W<br />
Private 235112 Walter Josiah CLARK. 17 th Battalion, King’s (Liverpool Regiment) formerly<br />
(458) 5 th Battalion, The Buffs (East <strong>Kent</strong> Regiment). Died Wednesday 8 th May 1918 aged 31<br />
years. Born Pluckley. Enlisted Ashford. Resided Pluckley. Son of Sidney and Naomi Clark of 5,<br />
Dering Terrace, Pluckley, Ashford, <strong>Kent</strong>. Husband of Elsie Bertha Clark of 27, Bowness Road,<br />
Catford, London. Walter has no known grave. His name appears on the Tyne Cot Memorial,<br />
Zonnebeke, Belgium. Panel reference 31/34/162/162A/163A.<br />
Walter joined the 5 th Buffs as a territorial soldier in 1911. Before the outbreak of war he was<br />
employed by Mr P Collins at the Dering Arms Hotel, Pluckley. Upon the outbreak of war Walter<br />
proceeded with the 5 th Buffs to India. In 1915 he returned home (time expired). Upon rejoining his<br />
battalion Walter went to Mesopotamia and returned from there in January 1917. At this time he<br />
married his wife in Pluckley. In February 1917 he was transferred to the King’s Regiment and<br />
went to France. He met with his death a year later whilst still serving with the King’s Reiment.<br />
The Ashford 1918 Absentee Voters List gives –<br />
5 Dering Terrace, Pluckley<br />
Trooper 3652 Charles CLARK. 1 st Life Guards.<br />
The 1901 census gives –<br />
5, Dering Terrace, Pluckley<br />
Sydney CLARK 52 Brickworks Clay Digger Cambridgeshire<br />
Naomi 48 ?<br />
Emily 20 Pluckley<br />
Walter 14 Brickworks Labourer Pluckley<br />
Susan 9 Pluckley<br />
Charlie 7 Pluckley<br />
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