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Douglas Arthur Baxter Clark was born the 20 May 1897 in Beverley, the son of Thomas and Sarah (nee Baxter) Clark. Thomas was a boot and shoe maker from Norfolk and married Sarah Baxter of Beverley in 1877. The family lived first in Well Lane before moving to Slee Lane (now known as Sloe Lane), Victoria Terrace, Cartwright Lane and then, in 1911, to Barton House, 28 New Walk, which Sarah ran as a boarding house.
In 1914 Douglas was one of the several members of the Beverley branch of the Church Lad's Brigade to enlist, along with their commanding officer Neville Hobson, in the East Yorkshire Regiment on 21 Aug 1914. Douglas became Private 241759 in the 2/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. At the time the family was living at 55 Wilbert Lane and Douglas was employed as a furnace boy on the railways. In 1918, after suffering from trench fever, shattered nerves and discharging ears, he was transferred to the Durham Light Infantry as private 376892, having served in France. Douglas was discharged on 21 Feb 1919 and was awarded the Victory and British War medals.
Douglas was resident at Woodlands nursing home in Driffield when he died on 24 Nov 1974, aged 77. He was buried in Queensgate Cemetery, Beverley with his sister Lily who died in 1959.
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