 Son of Charles Wm. and Sarah Ingram (nee McCaw, Ireland)
Aged 22 years
Died 18 September 1917
Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Panel 7-17-23-25-27-29-31.
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 Native of Rushden, enlisted at Sydney, New South Wales, AUS, 4th January 1916.
Grandson of William and Catherine Clarke.
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His parents were married in 1891 in London. They were living in Lewisham in 1901, but Reginald Arthur was staying with his grandparents in Rushden. He had two brothers, William born 1898 and Charles born 1901.
The family emigrated to Australia about 1910, and from there two of the boys are known to have returned to enlist.
He is also commemorated in a book published by Southern Grammar School, Portsmouth where the family had lived for a few years before they emigrated.
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Sig. Reg Clarke
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Rushden Argus, 5th October 1917, transcribed by Kay Collins
Rushden Australian’s Sacrifice
The sad news has been received in Rushden that Signaller “Reg” Clark, of the Australian Army, was killed in action on Sept. 17th. The deceased soldier is a son of Mr. William Clark, late of Rushden, now of Sydney, Australia, and the grandson of Mr. William Clark, of Moor-road, Rushden. He and his brother “Jack” joined up together, and were together when “Reg” was killed. Signaller Clark’s father was well know at Leicester for years as a shoe trade journalist.
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