L/12834 Private Ernest Edward Clarke
4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers
Killed in action 23 August 1914
Buried at St Symphorien Military Cemetery
Private Clarke was killed at the Battle of Mons and was one of the first casualties of the First World War. The BEF lost its first man only two days previously.
The battalion had landed in France on 13 August.
There is a photo of A company 4th Royal Fusiliers taken in Mons on 22 August (left) - hours before they moved up to Nimy on the banks of the Mons-Conde canal. Clarke may even be in this photo.
Lieutenant M Dease and Private SF Godley from the battalion both won the VC on 23 August.
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