ALC Clarke 1874-1935

ALCC is one of the officers in the back row on the eve of the 1st Battalion's departure for the Boer War. The senior officer in the front row is Field Marshal Roberts VC October 1899.

CLARKE, Arthur Lionel Crisp., D.S.O. 1916; late Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders; born 30 August 1874; 2nd son of J. Crisp Clarke and Mrs Crisp Clarke of Birstall Hall, Leicestershire; married 1910 Mary Francis, daughter of late Sir Alexander Bradshaw, K.C.B., and widow of Major Graham Moon of Seaforth Highlanders; Educated Rugby School. Joined Leicestershire Yeomanry Militia 1892; 1st Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, 1896; General Staff War Office, A.A. and Q.M.G. Army of Occupation, Egypt etc.; Served South Africa War (despatches, Queens Medal and 5 clasps); European War 1914 - 19; served on General Staff in France and Macedonia (Bt. Lt.-Col., D.S.O.) Address: Birstall Hall Estate Office, near Leicester. Club: Army & Navy. Died 15 February 1935. Source: Who Was Who, Volume 3, 1929 - 40

Lieutenant Colonel Hannay and the Officers of the 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Aldershot 1896 Autumn. 2/Lt AL Crisp-Clarke would be somewhere among their number.

Crisp-Clarke's MIC Card