Born 7/02/1922, the only son of Roy O. and Gladys E. Clark, of 171 Grand Ave.E., Chatham, Ontario. Jim as he was called by his parents and three older sisters Carol (Lindsay), Pat (Dodman) and Marjorie (Scott). Jim attended Queen Mary and Central School, in Chatham before attending Chatham Vocational School.

After high school Jim worked at Liggetts’ Drug Store making deliveries and as a fountain clerk. He also spent two years working as a labourer at the International Harvester plant on Grand Ave. E. and at the Libby McNeil and Libby plant on Richmond St. His grandmother, Mrs. Thomas Clark was living in Windsor on Pillette Road.      

Lloyd enlisted 24/02/1942 in Windsor, ON. with the Essex Scottish Regt. He trained at BTC No. 12 in Chatham and Camp Borden. He did guard duty on the Welland Canal for most of 1943. He transferred to St. John with the Scottish Fusiliers and went to Prince George for machine gun training.

Jim would be granted leave from the 2^nd of October to the 24^th 1944 and he travelled back to Chatham when on the 14^th of October he married his sweetheart  Alice  Gwendolyne (nee Archer) who turned twenty one the next day) at Christ Church, Chatham.

Due to the heavy rate of casualties being experienced in Europe it was necessary to call-up all available military resources and Pte Clark was oversea bound on 10/01/1945 arriving in England on the 18^th and was transferred to Europe on 17/03/45 attached to the Essex Scottish Regt.

In a letter dated 13 April, 1945 Lieut. E. B. Thompson Jim’s platoon leader to Alice Clark the following. “On April 12, we fought a hard running battle with the Hun and my platoon was leading the way into the outskirts of the city of Assen. At about midnight we were fired on by a machine gun which killed your husband.” Lieut. Thompson goes on to say that near the little Dutch village of Hooghaven south of Assen, “I buried your husband… beside several of his comrades aho also fell today. His grave wa soon heaped with flowers as the local people came to pay tribute to the brave men who had given their lives for the restoration of liberty”     

 

Date of Death: 13/04/1945, in Holland

We will always remember

The way you looked

The way you spoke and smiled

Little things you said and did

Are with us all the while.

 

You ment so very much to us

That nothing we can say

Will tell the sadness

In our hearts today.

 

Memories don’t fade

They just grow deep

For the ones we loved.

 

But could not kept

Life goes on

We know that true

But it’s just not the same without you.

 

Family in memoriam CDN 10/11/12.

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Supplemental Information

Born 7/02/1922, son of Roy O. and Gladys E. Clark, of 171 Grand Ave.E., Chatham, Ontario. Jim as he was called by his parents and three older sisters Carol (Lindsay), Pat (Dodman) and Marjorie (Scott). Jim attended Queen Mary and Central School, in Chatham before attending Chatham Vocational School. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead, Grave/Memorial Reference: X. E. 13., Cemetery: HOLTEN CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY. Index of Overseas Deaths.

Age	24
Birthplace	Chatham, Ontario

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