Sergeant Bernard John Clancy
| Date of Birth | 08/07/1890 |
|---|---|
| Age at Death | 28 |
| Date of Death | 12/10/1918 |
| Service Number | STK/361 |
| Military Service | Royal Fusiliers |
| Merton Address | |
| Local Memorial | Streatham Park Cemetery |
Additional Information
Lieutenant Cornelius Bernard Clancy of the 2nd Battalion, Lancaster Regiment was born and brought up in Ireland. In 1885 Cornelius married Louise Riding in Bombay and their son Bernard John was born in 1890. Bernard had two older sisters, Edith and Julie, and a younger one, Louisa who were all born while their father was serving in India.
The family moved to St Germans in Cornwall and Cornelius died in 1896. Louise and the children moved to Streatham to live with her parents, John and Alice Riding, in Amersham Avenue.
By the 1911 census, Louise was running a boarding house in the Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea. Julie was not home for the census but the other children were still living with her and Bernard was now a 20 year old clerk.
Bernard enlisted at the start of the war on 29 August 1914. He was 24 years and 1 month old, had a fresh complexion, blue eyes, auburn hair and weighed 154lbs. He joined the 10th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers and acquitted himself well, being promoted to Lance Corporal on 24 July 1916 and to Sergeant on 7 March 1917.
Bernard was wounded in action on 11 April 1917. The records are damaged and not clear but it would seem that some metal smashed through his left arm and he lay unattended for three days before being found. He was sent home to England where his arm was amputated. He died on 12 October 1918 in Eastbourne Military Hospital and his effects were shared between his sisters and his mother, who was now living at 15 Bond Street, Pentonville.
He is buried in Streatham Park Cemetery.