Private Thomas Clark

Private Thomas H. Clark, 9th ( Service ) Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles ) . He was killed in action in France on 23rd March, 1918 ,aged 26 years, on the third day of the German Spring Offensive ( Operation Michael ). He is buried in Grand Seraucourt British Cemetery, France where his Headstone is inscribed ” Ever Remembered “.  He had originally enlisted in the Royal Scots but had been transferred into the Royal Scots. He was the son of William Clark of Jarrow had enlisted at Edinburgh and was resident in Tweedmouth, Northumberland. The photographs show Allied troops preparing to resist the advancing Germans.