18 Aug 2023
Husband: Bernard Clarke
Born: 1885 in Suffolk 1 (see note 1) Census: 1891 in Suffolk (see note 2) Census: 1911 in Aldershot, Hampshire (see note 3) Occupation: 1911 - 1915 Private, 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment Died: 18 Jun 1917 in France 2 (see note 4) Father: Mother: Media link: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/831287 Media desc: Lives of the First World War
Wife: Elsie Snowdrop Cousins Married: 12 Jul 1915 in Trumpington (see note 5)
Born: 20 Jan 1892 in Gedding, Suffolk 3 Census: 1901 in Cambridge Road, Trumpington (see note 6) Resided: 1915 in London Road, Trumpington Census: 1921 in London Road, Trumpington (see note 7) Resided: 1929 - 1935 in London Road, Trumpington 4 Resided: 1939 in Cambridge 3 Occupation: 1939 Housekeeper 3 Died: 1974 in Cambridge (see note 8) Father: Herbert Cousins (1866 - 1954) Mother: Clara Ellen Brewer (1866 - 1929) Other spouse 2
M Child 1: Cyril Bernard Clarke Cousins Born: 1914 Christened: 7 Mar 1915 in Trumpington (see note 9) Died: 1915 Buried: 12 Apr 1915 in Trumpington (see note 10)
M Child 2: Victor Francis Percival Clarke Born: 27 Jan 1917 in London Road, Trumpington 5 Census: 1921 in London Road, Trumpington (see note 11) Died: 2009 6 Wife: Mary Peggy Swann b. 3 Aug 1919 d. 1997 Married: 1940 in Cambridge 7 (see note 12)
Sources: (1) FreeBMD website. (2) Commonwealth War Graves Commission website. (3) 1939 Register. (4) Electoral Register. (5) Birth Certificate. (6) Newspaper report. (7) Index on ancestry.co.uk.
Event Notes Note (1) Mar 1885 Stow 4a 747 Note (2) Age 6, born Tostock, with family Note (3) Age 26, born Tostock. Private, 2nd Bn Suffolk Regt Note (4) Rank: Private Service No: 6745 Date of Death: 18/06/1917 Age: 37 Regiment/Service: Suffolk Regiment 2nd Bn. Panel Reference: Bay 4. Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of Samuel and Eliza Clarke, of "Honeysuckles", Tostock, Bury St. Edmund's; husband of Elsie S. Clarke, of London Rd., Trumpington, Cambridge Note (5) Jul 12 CLARKE Bernard 30 bac Pte 2 Suffolk Regt of London Rd son of Samuel steward COUSINS Elsie Snowdrop 23 sp [blank] of London Rd dau of Herbert lab by lic wits: Herbert COUSINS, Lily CLARKE Note (6) Age 9, born Gidding, with family Note (7) Age 29, born Gedding, widow with son Victor, both with her parents and famly Note (8) Dec 1974 Cambridge 9 0874 born 20 Jan 1892 Note (9) Mar 7 COUSINS Cyril Bernard Clarke of [blank] Elsie Snowdrop of London Rd, Trumpington domestic servant Note (10) Apr 12 COUSINS Bernard Cyril Clarke of London Road, Trumpington 8 mons Note (11) Age 4, born Trumpington, with mother and family Note (12) Sep 1940 Cambridge 3b 2003 Copyright © Trumpington Local History Group 2023 Email TLHG Return to TLHG introduction page Name Index