Harold Edward Clarke and his army experience before and after the armistice
Rosemary Richards has an extraordinary archive relating to her father, Harold Edward Clarke's, war service and can trace his time in the army completely. Harold was in the Royal Garrison Artillery, and because of this, spent his war firing heavy artillery rather than in the trenches. Although Rosemary feels like her dad had a relatively safe war, he suffered from hearing and balance problems all his life that were probably related to his service. Harold’s experience reminds us that men were not able to go home straight after the armistice was signed, many had to stay in the army to deal with the aftermath of the war. In 1919 he was sent to Germany where he served, with great success, as a clerk at Army Head Quarters within the Rhine Army. Harold never spoke to his daughter about the war except to say what the comradeship of his mates had meant to him.
Field postcard sent by Harold
Photograph of Harold and mates
Clothing slip
Unit register card
Pay book
Certificate of employment during war
Certificate given on leaving service
Certificate commemorating end of service
Official document
certificate of wartime employment
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Certificate of wartime employment
Pay book
Unit register card
Clothing slip
Harold Edward Clarke and mates
Photograph
Postcard
Field postcard
CREATOR
Sheffield 1914 Team
DATE
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LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
14
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
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