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Corporal Leo Clarke

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Military service

Service number: 72132
Age: 23
Rank: Corporal
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division: 2nd Battalion
Birth: December 1, 1892 Hamilton, Ontario
Enlistment: February 25, 1915 Manitoba
Death: October 19, 1916

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Son of Henry Trevelyan Clarke and Rossetta Caroline Nona Clarke, of 785 Pine St., Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Fred Hall, Leo Clarke and Robert Shankland all lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. They all happened to live on the same street, Pine Street and it is believed to be the only street in the world to have three Victoria Cross recipients that lived there.

The city of Winnipeg later renamed it Valour Road in honour of the men. A bronze plaque is mounted on a street lamp at the corner of Portage Ave and Valour Road to tell this story.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 67 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ETRETAT CHURCHYARD Seine-Maritime, France

Etretat is a small seaside town in the Department of the Seine-Maritime about 26 kilometres north of Le Havre.

The ETRETAT CHURCHYARD is on the road from the station to the town on the D.940 from Fecamp and the Extension is on the south-east side of it, between the church and the railway.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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