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Thomas Clarke served at Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman.
« on: Sunday 23 September 18 13:24 BST (UK) »
 I have Thomas Clarke in Windsor barracks in 1851,  by 1861 he is a Chelsea Pensioner. Born Hungerford.
His gravestone reads - , LATE GRENADIER GUARDS WHO SERVED AT THE ALMA, BALAKLAVA, INKERMAN.
Can anyone help with this record please,
Thomas Clark Pension Admission or Examination  Age:33
Birth Year:  abt 1822 Birth Place:Hangerford, Berks
Pension Admission or Examination Date: 24 Jul 1855
Regiment:Grenadier Guards F1154 Rank: Private.

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Re: Thomas Clarke served at Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman.
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 23 September 18 17:30 BST (UK) »
4379 Private Thomas Clarke 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards fought at those three battles in the Crimea in 1854.  There appears to be another Thomas Clarke with number 6368 who also served.   The detail you give suggests he may be one or the other (the medal rolls don't give additional info) but the number doesn't come up anywhere I can see.  Where did the info come from?

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Re: Thomas Clarke served at Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman.
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 23 September 18 19:09 BST (UK) »

Ancestry , but have to view on Fold 3.
Thomas Clark UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Admissions and Discharges,
this is the record in the first post, but he is Clark, not Clarke.
1851 seems to have the same birthplace
1851 Infantry Barracks Windsor
Thomas Clarke  unm Age:29  Relation: Pt Soldier (Soldier)   occupation  labourer
 born Hungerford, Berkshire, England

1861 Plas Power lodge
Thomas Clark  44 Chelsea  pensioner  lodge keeper b Hungerford
Catherine  ( Caroline) Clark  43  b Hornsey  Middlesx

1871 Bersham lodge , Plas Power Wrexham
Thomas Clarke 54 lodge keeper b Hungerford Berkshire
Caroline Clarke 53 b  Hampstead Middlesx

memorial inscription
IN MEMORY OF THOMAS CLARKE, LATE GRENADIER GUARDS WHO SERVED AT THE ALMA, BALAKLAVA, INKERMAN. THIS TABLET IS ERECTED FOR A LONG AND FAITHFUL SERVICE OF 22 YEARS AT PLAS POWER. DIED DEC 3, 1877.


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