Notes
All extra details are based on information supplied by the College Archivist (see Additional Information). This included the following biographical details: ' (1909) Born 22 Apri11890, Marstow, Herefordshire; son of William Shuttleworth Clarke, Clerk in Holy Orders, and Maria Brandram Jones. BA 1912. Tutor(s): J R Tanner. Johnian Relatives: son of William Shuttleworth Clarke (1870). Educ: Malvern College. Career: Assistant Master, Golden Parsonage Preparatory School, Hemel Hempstead; Lieutenant, 5th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1914; Captain 1915. Died 25 September 1915 (killed in action).' Another biographical source (see references) states: 'Robert Clarke, an only child and distinguished athlete at St. John’s, became a master at a Preparatory School after graduating. After an attack on the German trenches, he was seriously wounded by a German bomb which exploded near him, and bled to death as fighting raged around him.'