F. A. S. Clarke
Brigadier Frederick Arthur Stanley Clarke DSO (3 October 1892 – 3 January 1972) was a British Army officer who served in both World Wars.[1]
He was educated at Loughborough Grammar School. He joined the British Army as a 2nd Lt in 1912. During the First World War he served in Gallipoli, Egypt, Palestine and India, achieving the rank of Major and in 1918 being awarded the Distinguished Service Order. He continued his army career during the interbellum. During the Second World War he served in France, West Africa, North Africa and Italy. He retired in 1947.
Works
- The History of the West African Frontier Force (Gale and Polden, Aldershot, 1964), Col A Haywood and Clarke.
References
- CLARKE, Brig. Frederick Arthur Stanley', Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 Retrieved 30 April 2011
- http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=373&inst_id=21
- Generals of World War II
Categories:
- 1892 births
- 1972 deaths
- People educated at Loughborough Grammar School
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- London Regiment officers
- Essex Regiment officers
- British military personnel of the Irish War of Independence
- British Army personnel of World War I
- British Army brigadiers of World War II
- Royal West African Frontier Force officers