CLARKE, Patrick Joseph
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Rank:
Fusilier
Unit / Base:
4 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Metropolitan Police (War Reserve)
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Service:
Army
Number:
6482285
Born:
Thursday, March 13, 1913
Died :
Saturday, June 10, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
31
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Fusilier Patrick Clarke was killed in action during operations at Normandy, France. Son of Daniel and Mary Clarke, of Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland; husband of Irene Margaret Clarke, of Newry.
Patrick Joseph Clarke was a painter decorator by trade residing in 1939 at 11 Fairmead Road, Tufnell Park, London. He was also a Metropolitan Police War Reserve Officer. He married his next door neighbour Irene in 1941 and the following year volunteered for the Commandos joining the 1st Police Intake to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry, that commenced June 1942.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/77.
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/77.
The 1939 Register covering Islington.
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Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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