Police Constable Robert Cunningham Clarke

Robert Cunningham Clarke, Police Constable #540 of the Toronto Police Force, was a single young man who lived at 129 Alexander Street, and had also been a police constable with the Royal Irish Constabulary.

On September 10^th 1915, Constable Clarke enlisted with the 92^nd Battalion (48^th Highlanders of Canada), CEF, in Toronto, and sailed to England on the SS Empress of Britain for further training. Clarke landed in France in August 1916, where he was transferred to the 42^nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), CEF, and proceeded to the front. On November 4^th 1916, during the Battle of Ancre Heights, Clarke survived a gunshot wound to the head and was evacuated to hospital. Deemed fit for duty, he rejoined his unit in January 1917 and returned to the front. On Easter Monday, April 9^th 1917, Clarke was killed in action at the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

Constable Robert Cunningham Clarke lies buried at the Givenchy-en-Gohelle Cemetery in France.