CLARKE Robert William : MRCVS. Captain. attd Lincolnshire Yeomanry, Army Veterinary Corps. Died 19 August 1916. Buried CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, grave P. 135. Commemorated Lincoln "In Memoriam" / Lincolnshire Yeomanry Roll of Honour / Wragby All Saints / Wragby Wesleyan Internal & External
Captain Robert William Clarke, M.R.C.V.S., Lincolnshire Yeomanry, who resided at Beech House, Wragby, is reported by cable to have died in a Cairo hospital. Capt. Clarke gave up an extensive practice to join the Yeomanry soon after war broke out, and he went out with the first draft in September last. He was on the Mercian, on which the late Lord Kesteven received fatal injuries, when she was shelled and sunk [sic]by a U-boat in the Mediterranean, and he was in the water for many hours before being picked. Capt. Clarke leaves a widow, a daughter of Mr. S. Ward, of Barton-on-Humber and two little girls. He was a prominent Freemason, and was well known in Lincolnshire. Capt. Clarke was the brother of Mr. W. A. Clarke, of Church Street, Boston, and was well known in Boston.
Boston Guardian – 02 September 1916 – page 12.
Captain Robert William Clarke, M.R.C.V.S., Lincolnshire Yeomanry, who resided at Beech House, Wragby, is reported by cable to have died in a Cairo hospital. Capt. Clarke gave up an extensive practice to join the Yeomanry soon after war broke out, and he went out with the first draft in September last. He was on the Mercian, on which the late Lord Kesteven received fatal injuries, when she was shelled and sunk [sic]by a U-boat in the Mediterranean, and he was in the water for many hours before being picked. Capt. Clarke leaves a widow, a daughter of Mr. S. Ward, of Barton-on-Humber and two little girls. He was a prominent Freemason, and was well known in Lincolnshire. Capt. Clarke was the brother of Mr. W. A. Clarke, of Church Street, Boston, and was well known in Boston.
Boston Guardian – 02 September 1916 – page 12.
CLARKE Robert William : MRCVS. Captain. attd Lincolnshire Yeomanry, Army Veterinary Corps. Died 19 August 1916. Buried CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, grave P. 135. Commemorated Lincoln "In Memoriam" / Lincolnshire Yeomanry Roll of Honour / Wragby All Saints / Wragby Wesleyan Internal & External
Captain Robert William Clarke, M.R.C.V.S., Lincolnshire Yeomanry, who resided at Beech House, Wragby, is reported by cable to have died in a Cairo hospital. Capt. Clarke gave up an extensive practice to join the Yeomanry soon after war broke out, and he went out with the first draft in September last. He was on the Mercian, on which the late Lord Kesteven received fatal injuries, when she was shelled and sunk [sic]by a U-boat in the Mediterranean, and he was in the water for many hours before being picked. Capt. Clarke leaves a widow, a daughter of Mr. S. Ward, of Barton-on-Humber and two little girls. He was a prominent Freemason, and was well known in Lincolnshire. Capt. Clarke was the brother of Mr. W. A. Clarke, of Church Street, Boston, and was well known in Boston.
Boston Guardian – 02 September 1916 – page 12.
Captain Robert William Clarke, M.R.C.V.S., Lincolnshire Yeomanry, who resided at Beech House, Wragby, is reported by cable to have died in a Cairo hospital. Capt. Clarke gave up an extensive practice to join the Yeomanry soon after war broke out, and he went out with the first draft in September last. He was on the Mercian, on which the late Lord Kesteven received fatal injuries, when she was shelled and sunk [sic]by a U-boat in the Mediterranean, and he was in the water for many hours before being picked. Capt. Clarke leaves a widow, a daughter of Mr. S. Ward, of Barton-on-Humber and two little girls. He was a prominent Freemason, and was well known in Lincolnshire. Capt. Clarke was the brother of Mr. W. A. Clarke, of Church Street, Boston, and was well known in Boston.
Boston Guardian – 02 September 1916 – page 12.
Gravesite Details
Captain, Army Veterinary Corps. Age: Unknown.
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