Photo: Geordie at War Project
In Gateshead East Cemetery is a family headstone which reads:
In
Loving Memory of
Margaret Clark
died 5th Oct. 1912, aged 67 years.
Also William,
beloved husband of the above
died 1st April 1931, aged 81 years.
also John Thomas
beloved son of the above
died 11th Feb. 1884, aged 3 years.
In
Glorious and Loving Memory of
Pte. Thomas J. Clark
1st Grenadier Guards,
died of wounds received in action
22nd June 1916, aged 30 years
Interred in British Military Cemetery
Elverdinghe, Nr. Ypres.
Also John Williams
beloved grandson of the above
died 1st March 1919, aged 15 years.
Also William Parker
beloved son of the above
and beloved husband of the late
Margaret T. Clark,
died 21st Oct. 1928, aged 49 years.
Also Elizabeth,
beloved daughter of the above
died 25th Sept. 1937.
Also Ursula
beloved daughter of the above
William Clark,
died 22nd April 1944.
Brenda McMahon has submitted the following :-
Thomas John Clark was the son of William (railway carriage inspector) and his wife Margaret. He was born at Gateshead in 1886.
His siblings were Elizabeth (a milliner), Ursula (certificated school teacher, and William (a millwright). Thomas became an analytical chemist.
He enlisted in Darlington and served with 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards (service no 17623).
Thomas died of wounds in June 1916 and is buried at Ferme-Olivier Cemetery in Belgium.
Thomas John Clark is remembered at Gateshead on G39.004 and G39.051
