Frank Clarke (handwritten account; photographs)

Item

Title

Frank Clarke (handwritten account; photographs)

Who?

Francis William Clarke (22 Dec 1897-2 Apr 1992), RFA/RHA No. 222995

Item(s)

A handwritten account by Frank Clarke of his wartime and immediate post-war experiences, written in 1967. I have included three wartime photographs.

Story

A personal account of wartime England, of a soldier's training in late 1917/early 1918, and then of action in France and Belgium, of the army of occupation in the Rhineland, and then of return to life in post-war England.

When?

1917-1919

Where?

The Western Front and the Rhineland

Contributor

Georgia Clarke, granddaughter

Item sets

This item was submitted on November 8, 2018