In Memory Of

CLARKE, ERNEST DESMOND

Service Details
Age:
 26
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 41313
Rank:
 Captain
Unit 2:
 seconded to Royal Marines
Regiment:
 South African Instructional Corps
Date of Death:
 1944-07-08
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, off coast of France during liberation of France
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 27, Column 3.
Cemetery:
 BAYEUX MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Calvados
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Charles Henry and Aldyth Rith Mary (nee Brighton) Clarke, of Greytown, Natal, South Africa. Born Pietermaritzburg. Educated at Maritzburg College, Pietermaritzburg 1935. A clerk. Commemorated on Maritzburg College WWII Memorial & on the RMA (SA) Officers WWII Memorial in St Andrews Church, Eastney, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England