More about John Clark

John was the brother or Guardsman Robert Fyffe Clark, 9283, 1st Battalion, Scots Guards, who was killed in action, 22.12.1914 & Pte William Brodie Clark, 863148, 19th Battalion Canadian Infantry who survived the war.

DUNDEE FAMILY’S DOUBLE LOSS.

Bandsman John Clark,  Hood Battalion R.N.V.R., has died of wounds received in action.  He is the younger son of Mr and Mrs William Clark, 14 Annfield Street, Dundee.  Twenty-one years of age, the deceased bandsman, who was a member of the Reserve for a considerable time went on active service with his battalion not long after hostilities commenced.  He saw much fighting at Gallipoli, and was also present at the siege of Antwerp.  His brother, a private in the Scots Guards, was killed earlier in the war.  Bandsman Clark was previously an apprentice painter with Mr Morrison, Perth Road, Dundee.

Dundee Courier 28^th October 1916

Family Background:

John`s father, William, was a Mercantile clerk and the family lived at 10 Balfour Street and then 12 Annfield Street, Dundee. John`s elder brother, William, fought with the 19^th Battalion, Canadian Infantry after enlisting in March 1916, and survived the war. His younger brother, Robert,of the 1^st Scots Guards, was killed in action on 22^nd December 1914 in France.

Service History:

John was a member of the pre war RNVR Unicorn band. He served at Antwerp and then Gallipoli where he contracted jaundice and dysentery and was evacuated to hospital in Cairo. On rejoining the Battalion in France as a stretcher bearer he was wounded in the assault on Beaucourt during the Battle of the Somme and died of his wounds on 19^th October 1916.