Lieutenant
Sydney Broford CLARK
Navy
Died: 8th August 1915 - Age: 32

Commemorated:

1. Memorial:Chatham Naval Memorial13 Kent
2. Book:The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918Pg.119
3. Memorial:The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour12D GQS
    

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Family :

Son of Thomas and Annie Clark, of 6, Queen's Rd., Monkseaton, Northumberland. Native of South Shields.

Service Life:

Campaigns:

Unit / Ship / Est.: HMS India 

"Torpedoed on August 8th 1915, off the island of Bodo, West Norway. Because she was an ex-cruiser of the P & O Line operating on the England-Australia run, she was commandeered by the British admiralty, fitted with guns, and was used as an Armed Merchant Cruiser (AMC). She operated as such until the fated day when she was sunk by the German U-Boat 'U-22"" (captained by Kapitan Hoppe) only 2 1/2 miles off of the Norwegian coast, as stated above. This was seen by the world at the time as an act of German gross mis-conduct, as she was within Norwegian waters, and not international. Out of a total number of 32 Officers and 269 crew, 10 Officers and 150 men were lost. The survivors were picked up by HM Armed Trawler 'Saxon'. On 21 January 1915 Lieutenant-Commander Bruno Hoppe had an unpleasant experience off the coast of the Netherlands when he sighted another U-boat in the fog - and fired a torpedo at it. The U-boat sank with all hands. It was later discovered to be the German U-boat U7. This was the first and last time a German U-boat sank one of its sister ships. Another sad irony of this accident was that the commander of U7, Georg K?nig, was Hoppe's best friend. It was after this tragic incident that Hoppe was transferred to the Baltic Sea. "

Action : Naval Campaign 

Naval Campaign is defined as to include all sea operations where attrition rates are in ones and twos and which do not fall within specific naval battles such as Jutland, Coronel, Falklands etc. This includes Merchant Navy losses.

Detail :

Sydney CLARK was born in South Shields, the son of Thomas and Annie Clark. HMS India was torpedoed on August 8th 1915, off the island of Bodo, West Norway. She was an ex-cruiser of the P & O Line operating on the England-Australia run, and was commandeered by the British admiralty, fitted with guns, and was used as an Armed Merchant Cruiser (AMC). She operated as such until the fated day when she was sunk by the German U-Boat U-22 (captained by Kapitan Hoppe) only 2.5 miles off of the Norwegian coast, as stated above. This was seen by the world at the time as an act of German gross mis-conduct, as she was within Norwegian waters, and not international. Out of a total number of 32 Officers and 269 crew, 10 Officers and 150 men were lost. The survivors were picked up by HM Armed Trawler 'Saxon'. Sydney CLARK was one of the officers who were lost. Also lost was Wilfred TOWNROW of Sympathy Lodge No 483 On 21 January 1915 Lieutenant-Commander Bruno Hoppe had an unpleasant experience off the coast of the Netherlands when he sighted another U-boat in the fog - and fired a torpedo at it. The U-boat sank with all hands. It was later discovered to be the German U-boat U7. This was the first and last time a German U-boat sank one of its sister ships. Another sad irony of this accident was that the commander of U7, Georg K?nig, was Hoppe's best friend. It was after this tragic incident that Hoppe was transferred to the Baltic Sea. In the 1911 Index to the Captains Registers of Lloyd?s of London (Guildhall Library Ms 18567) CLARK, Sydney Broford b. South Shields 1884 038521 South Shields 1907 Extra 1911 vol.75 no voyages listed

Masonic :

TypeLodge Name and No.Province/District :
Mother : Fawcett No. 661 E.C.Durham

Initiated
Passed
Raised
27th November 1906
11th September 1907
9th October 1907
 

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