On 09/08/2013 15:41, Cedric wrote: > poss death WW2 West Yorkshire Regt Private 1941 That's William Walton Clerk aged 24. > > >> Does anyone out there have any information as to the death of >> WILLIAM WHITTLE CLARK. >> We believe it may have been in 1940's but have been unable to >> find any reference to him in the FRO. >> >> Did he go abroad or change his name?? >> >> He was born on 01 June 1889 in Queen Charlotte's Hosp. Marylebone. >> He married SUSAN HORLOCK 14 July 1915 in Wanstead Parish church, >> East London (then in Essex). >> In 1933 he left home in Biggin Hill, never to be seen again by his >> wife and two daughters. >> His (now elderly) daughters are anxious to know what happened to him. >> >> Can any descendants of his step-siblings help? >> Can any one else help please?? >> >> many thanks >> >> Charles Drown >> chaswrdrown@ yahoo.co.uk -- Graeme Wall This account not read, substitute trains for rail. Railway Miscellany at <http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail>

On Fri, 09 Aug 2013 16:17:20 +0100, Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote: >On 09/08/2013 15:41, Cedric wrote: >> >> >>> Does anyone out there have any information as to the death of >>> WILLIAM WHITTLE CLARK. >>> We believe it may have been in 1940's but have been unable to >>> find any reference to him in the FRO. >>> >>> Did he go abroad or change his name?? >>> >>> He was born on 01 June 1889 in Queen Charlotte's Hosp. Marylebone. > That doesn't match with census entries showing a birthplace of West Ham. The Marylebone birth points toward someone who was at school in Marylebone in 1901 and a painter in Arundel in 1911. Could he actually be :- William George W CLARK Sep 1888 West Ham 4a 154 ? >>> He married SUSAN HORLOCK 14 July 1915 in Wanstead Parish church, >>> East London (then in Essex). > Are his father's name and occupation known and do they match both the birth and marriage information ? >>> In 1933 he left home in Biggin Hill, never to be seen again by his >>> wife and two daughters. >>> His (now elderly) daughters are anxious to know what happened to him. >>> >>> Can any descendants of his step-siblings help? >>> Can any one else help please?? >>> >> poss death WW2 West Yorkshire Regt Private 1941 > >That's William Walton Clerk aged 24. > He was described as an RGA gunner in the 1911 census so presumably has a record for that service somewhere. There seem to be at least half a dozen William W CLARKS of similar age. If he didn't want to be found then it is quite likely he could have changed his name. Staying closer to home and not changing the surname doesn't produce too long a list of suspects in the deaths indexes:- William G W Clark abt 1889 Jun 1966 Thurrock William W Clark abt 1891 Mar 1963 Rochford William W Clark abt 1892 Mar 1947 Hendon None of these bring up a matching PRFD index entry to assist exclusion. There is no match to the full name in Scottish death indexes.