No.G/21172, Private, Clark William HUMAN
Aged 22
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Clark William Human was born in Isleham Fen in , son of Josiah and Emma HUMAN (née CLARKE).
1901 census...Aged 6, he was at Fen Bank, Isleham with his father Josiah HUMAN [48] agricultural labourer and his mother Emma [41], all born in Isleham. 1911 census...Aged 16, an only child, a farm labourer, he was at Isleham Fen with his parents. |
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Enlisted in Newmarket, his service records have not been found. July 31st 1917 saw the start of the 3rd battle for Ypres, the hell that was to become known as Passchendaele. Quite apart from some ferocious fighting the battle soon bogged down, a very appropriate term since it was the worst weather in Flanders for 75 years and the battle stalled until 10th August. On the 10th August, the 7th Royal West Surreys were involved at Inverness Copse, part of the 3rd Ypres (Passchendaele), just south of the Ypres-Menin road. The battalion war diary says around midnight 9/10th August the Germans were alerted to activity and fired off green flares followed at 2:28 am by a heavy barrage. After a counter barrage at 4:35 the battalion attacked through Inverness Copse, but were met by very strong resistance which resulted in all bar two officers becoming casualties. They were relieved by the 10th Essex at 8 am. The final casualty list was 10 officers and 272 other ranks, of which 90 were killed and only 9 have identified graves. |
photo; Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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