COL. T.H. MATTHEWS CLARKE
The death occurred last week at Marlay Grange, Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin, of Colonel Thomas Henry Matthews Clarke, C.M.G., D.S.O., C.B.E., A.M.S., aged 72.
The son of Staff Surgeon Thomas Matthews Clarke, B.A., M.B., of the British Army Medical Department, Colonel Clarke was educated in Trinity College, Dublin, where he took his B.A., M.B., B.Ch. and B.A.O. degrees, and he entered the Army Medical Service in 1897. He served in the Imperial Forces in Kandia, Crete, during the massacre of the Christians by the Moslems, was twice wounded and twice was mentioned in despatches. He was decorated for gallantry following the attack by the Moslems on the British Hospital at Kandia, and became a member of the Kandia Provisional British Administration. For his services he received the thanks of the Cretan Chamber of Deputies. He was "seconded" under the Foreign Office and in 1900 he became personal physician to Prince George of Greece. In 1912 he was Physician and Surgeon to the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham. He was a Knight of the Order of the Saviour of Greece.
Colonel Clarke, who had retired from the Army after the Great War (he received the C.B.E. in 1919) wrote several works on Crete, notably "Sanitary Work in Crete," "Blue Book," "Turkey, No. 1," "Prehistoric Sanitation in Crete (Knossus)".
The Irish Times Mar. 15, 1941
The death occurred last week at Marlay Grange, Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin, of Colonel Thomas Henry Matthews Clarke, C.M.G., D.S.O., C.B.E., A.M.S., aged 72.
The son of Staff Surgeon Thomas Matthews Clarke, B.A., M.B., of the British Army Medical Department, Colonel Clarke was educated in Trinity College, Dublin, where he took his B.A., M.B., B.Ch. and B.A.O. degrees, and he entered the Army Medical Service in 1897. He served in the Imperial Forces in Kandia, Crete, during the massacre of the Christians by the Moslems, was twice wounded and twice was mentioned in despatches. He was decorated for gallantry following the attack by the Moslems on the British Hospital at Kandia, and became a member of the Kandia Provisional British Administration. For his services he received the thanks of the Cretan Chamber of Deputies. He was "seconded" under the Foreign Office and in 1900 he became personal physician to Prince George of Greece. In 1912 he was Physician and Surgeon to the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham. He was a Knight of the Order of the Saviour of Greece.
Colonel Clarke, who had retired from the Army after the Great War (he received the C.B.E. in 1919) wrote several works on Crete, notably "Sanitary Work in Crete," "Blue Book," "Turkey, No. 1," "Prehistoric Sanitation in Crete (Knossus)".
The Irish Times Mar. 15, 1941
COL. T.H. MATTHEWS CLARKE
The death occurred last week at Marlay Grange, Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin, of Colonel Thomas Henry Matthews Clarke, C.M.G., D.S.O., C.B.E., A.M.S., aged 72.
The son of Staff Surgeon Thomas Matthews Clarke, B.A., M.B., of the British Army Medical Department, Colonel Clarke was educated in Trinity College, Dublin, where he took his B.A., M.B., B.Ch. and B.A.O. degrees, and he entered the Army Medical Service in 1897. He served in the Imperial Forces in Kandia, Crete, during the massacre of the Christians by the Moslems, was twice wounded and twice was mentioned in despatches. He was decorated for gallantry following the attack by the Moslems on the British Hospital at Kandia, and became a member of the Kandia Provisional British Administration. For his services he received the thanks of the Cretan Chamber of Deputies. He was "seconded" under the Foreign Office and in 1900 he became personal physician to Prince George of Greece. In 1912 he was Physician and Surgeon to the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham. He was a Knight of the Order of the Saviour of Greece.
Colonel Clarke, who had retired from the Army after the Great War (he received the C.B.E. in 1919) wrote several works on Crete, notably "Sanitary Work in Crete," "Blue Book," "Turkey, No. 1," "Prehistoric Sanitation in Crete (Knossus)".
The Irish Times Mar. 15, 1941
The death occurred last week at Marlay Grange, Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin, of Colonel Thomas Henry Matthews Clarke, C.M.G., D.S.O., C.B.E., A.M.S., aged 72.
The son of Staff Surgeon Thomas Matthews Clarke, B.A., M.B., of the British Army Medical Department, Colonel Clarke was educated in Trinity College, Dublin, where he took his B.A., M.B., B.Ch. and B.A.O. degrees, and he entered the Army Medical Service in 1897. He served in the Imperial Forces in Kandia, Crete, during the massacre of the Christians by the Moslems, was twice wounded and twice was mentioned in despatches. He was decorated for gallantry following the attack by the Moslems on the British Hospital at Kandia, and became a member of the Kandia Provisional British Administration. For his services he received the thanks of the Cretan Chamber of Deputies. He was "seconded" under the Foreign Office and in 1900 he became personal physician to Prince George of Greece. In 1912 he was Physician and Surgeon to the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham. He was a Knight of the Order of the Saviour of Greece.
Colonel Clarke, who had retired from the Army after the Great War (he received the C.B.E. in 1919) wrote several works on Crete, notably "Sanitary Work in Crete," "Blue Book," "Turkey, No. 1," "Prehistoric Sanitation in Crete (Knossus)".
The Irish Times Mar. 15, 1941
Inscription
To the memory/ of / Col. Thomas H.M. Clarke/ C.M.C. D.S.O. C.B.L./ late Army Medical Service/ of Marlay Grange/ Born 1st June 1869 Died 4th March 1941
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