Son of Elizabeth Clarkson, of 26, Grosvenor Street, Manchester Road, Bolton, Lancashire, and the late Thomas Clarkson. An old boy of Bolton Municipal Secondary School. Enlisted September 1914. Formerly Royal Army Medical Corps. Commissioned into 15th Bn., Northumberland Fusiliers. Reported missing since 11/04/1917 and subsequently presumed killed.
Clarkson, Harold –
Personal details
- Surname: Clarkson
- Forename: Harold
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Not known
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 24
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: April 11th, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Unit: "D" Machine Gun Battalion.
- Service number: Not known
- Regiment: Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch) / The (Royal) Tank Corps
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Not known
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bank Street Unitarian Chapel 1914-1918 Memorial - Bolton
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- CWGC Memorial: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
- CWGC reference: Bay 10.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 24/12/1914 07/01/1916 27/04/1917
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7d 6c 6d