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Reference: D/X 2051 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Major John Francis Clark of Stanley

Covering Dates: 1939-1974

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Major John Francis Clark of Stanley (Ref: D/X 2051)

John Francis Clark was born in 1920 in Middlesbrough. He married Doris in Stanley in 1948.
He graduated from Durham Johnston School and Mid-Essex Technical College and School of Art.
He worked for Durham County Council in the Planning Department 1937-1948 and from 1948 to 1951 in the Planning Department of Essex County Council.
He obtained a diploma in public administration from London University in 1951. He also obtained teaching certificate in psychology and sociology in 1964.
He served abroad in India, Singapore, Hong Kong with 8 DLI (service no. 4455807) and with 2nd/10th Gurkha Rifles (service no. 384216). He retired from active service in 1974 and was awarded the honorary rank of Major.

Service records (Ref: D/X 2051/1)Ref: D/X 2051/1

Copies of John Francis Clark's service records, 1942 - 1974

(10 papers, printed)

Photographs (Ref: D/X 2051/2)Ref: D/X 2051/2/1

Photograph of young John Clark in uniform, India, 1939

(1 photograph, 9 cm x 13 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 2051/2/2

Group photograph of Gurkha Rifles officers taken probably in Hong Kong, n.d. [1950s] John Clark sits in the front row first from the left

(1 photograph, 26 cm x 21 cm, black and white, mounted)

Medals (Ref: D/X 2051/3)Ref: D/X 2051/3

Frame containing: the 1939-1945 Star; the Africa Star; the Burma Star with an oak leaf; the Defence Medal; the War Medal; the Malayan Campaign Medal; the Territorial Efficiency Medal

(7 medals in 1 wooden frame with glass)