11/05/2025
As a week of VE celebrations & reflections draws to a close, we wanted to take a moment to remember one of our own – Thomas William Clark.
Thomas was the son of William Clark, our great-great-grandfather and the 5th generation of our family to serve as a funeral director. He left home to fight in the Great War and sadly died in 1918 at the young age of 21.
Though his body was never recovered, we recently visited his memorial in France, where his name is proudly etched on the wall and recorded in the Book of Remembrance. Next to his name are the letters “MM” meaning Military Medal – awarded for acts of bravery in battle on land, a distinction now known as the Military Cross.
While we don’t have a photo of Thomas to share, we wanted to honor him by sharing a photo of the youngest generation of our family, two of whom share his name. None of them would be here without Thomas’s courage and sacrifice.