Date of birth: 1888-01-07
Place of birth: Toronto Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Edward Roper Clarkson, father. 71 Avenue Road, Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Accountant
Occupation (normalized): Accountant, General
Address:
71 Avenue Road, Toronto, Ontario
Religion: Church of England
Regimental number: NA
Rank detail- Rank unknown (Army). 1918-11-13 to 1919-03-12
- Rank unknown, 8th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, Canadian Engineers (Army). 1918-05-24 to 1918-11-13
- Lieutenant, 123rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-12-27 to 1918-05-24
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded May 1917
AwardsMilitary Cross (Passchendaele)
Description: Following an offensive this Officer showed great resource and courage in directing the work of carrying out wounded, going repeatedly into the Advanced positions and "No Man's Land" in doing so. Notwithstanding the difficulties which frequent shelling added to the task, he succeeded in clearing the sector allotted to him. He remained on duty voluntarily for several hours with a small party after the balance of his Company had been dismissed, and worked with the utmost disregard for his personal safety for 21 consecutive hours.
Date of award: 1918-06-03
Source: London Gazette No. 30716, pg. 6473 (name spelled incorrectly, and corrected in London Gazette No. 30901, pg. 11056) 123rd Battalion War Diary, March 3, 1918, Appendix 3, pg. 1.
Service file: B1771-S031
Uploader's Notes: Son of Edward Roper Curzon Clarkson (who created the auditing firm later known as Clarkson Gordon) and Amy Clarkson (nee Lambe); husband of Beatrice Mary Clarkson (nee Schreiber) married December 7, 1920
Prior service with 10th Royal Grenadiers
Died in 1960
Uploader's Research notes: 123rd Battalion Nominal Roll [Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 123rd Battalion B Company Date of approved appointment was December 27, 1915, per letter HQ 593-6-1, 2D 34-7-92 dated February 22, 1916, which predates this officer's attestation on January 22, 1916 Honorary Captain Army Canadian Engineers 8th CE Battalion Quartermaster London Gazette No. 30902, September 16, 1918, pg. 11067 Honorary Captain Army Canadian Army Pay Corps Canadian Army Pay Corps Military Cross Passchendaele Following an offensive this Officer showed great resource and courage in directing the work of carrying out wounded, going repeatedly into the Advanced positions and "No Man's Land" in doing so. Notwithstanding the difficulties which frequent shelling added to the task, he succeeded in clearing the sector allotted to him. He remained on duty voluntarily for several hours with a small party after the balance of his Company had been dismissed, and worked with the utmost disregard for his personal safety for 21 consecutive hours. ]
Date added: 2009-08-31
Last modified: 2021-10-24
