William Samuel Clack (1895 - 1916)

Born 28 Oct 1895 in St Marylebone, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 23 Jul 1916 at age 20 in Thiepval, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France

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Biography

Private William Clack was Killed in Action during World War I.

Private William Clack served in the British Army in World War I
Service started:
Unit(s): Royal Fusiliers
Service ended: 23 July 1916

William was born in 1895. He was the son of Alfred Clack and Alice Smith. He was killed in action on 23 July 1916 in Somme, Picardie, France.

Sources

• England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915

William Samuel Clack Registration Year 1895 Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec Registration district Marylebone Parishes for this Registration District Marylebone Inferred County London Volume 1a Page 563

• London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906

William Clack Gender Male Record Type Baptism Baptism Date 10 Feb 1897 Baptism Place St Marylebone Westminster, England Father Alfred Clack Mother Alice Clack Register Type Parish Registers

• London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911

Wm Sam Clack Age 5 Birth Date 28 Oct 1895 Admission Date 11 Feb 1901 School Bell Street School Admission Place Westminster, London, England Father Alf Clack Notes Previously known as Bell Street Ragged School, Bell Street School (0223) from 1874. Renamed Bellfield Secondary School in 1951

• England, The National Roll of the Great War, 1914-1918

W. S. Clack Military Date Jan 1916 Residence Year Abt 1914 Residence Place 75, Waverley Road, Paddington, England Rank Private Regiment Royal Fusiliers Section Section II, London

• Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

Private William Clack Death Date 23 Jul 1916 Cemetery Thiepval Memorial Burial or Cremation Place Thiepval, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France Has Bio? Y URL http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12359929&ref=acom

• UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929

William Clack Gender Male Death Date 23 Jul 1916 Death Place France Rank Private Regiment Royal Fusiliers Regimental Number 21961 Other Records William Clack - RoyalFusiliers 21961

• UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919

William Clack Birth Place Marylebone Residence Paddington Death Date 23 Jul 1916 Death Place France and Flanders Enlistment Place Hammersmith Rank Private Regiment London Regiment Battalion 9th Battalion Regimental Number 21961 Type of Casualty Killed in action Theatre of War Western European Theatre Other Records William Clack - LondonRegiment 21961 War Diaries (France, Belgium, Germany) London Regiment War Diaries (Gallipoli) London Regiment

• Web: International, Find A Grave Index

Private William Clack Death Date 23 Jul 1916 Burial Place Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France

• CWGC casualty report: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/760161/william-clack/