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The son of
Alexander Felix and Alice Wilhelmina (Norwood) Clarke, Edward Denman Clarke was educated at Eton and, as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps, received a Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate on 22 August 1916. He was posted to 45 Squadron in 1917. He scored his first victory whilst flying two-seaters. He scored 5 more victories flying the Sopwith Camel before being wounded on 26 October 1917. In latter life Clarke was managing director of Saunders-Roe Ltd. and was made a CBE. |
Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Immigration Cards, 1900-1965 |
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| Military Cross (MC) |
Lt. Edward Denman Clarke, R.F.C., Spec. Res.
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He has shot down five enemy machines. In an attack he repeatedly dived to within fifty feet of the enemy infantry, firing between 500 and 600 rounds. Though struck by a piece of shell, which wounded him in both arms and shattered both petrol tanks, he succeeded in gliding back behind our lines.
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
23 Aug 1917 |
0915 |
45 |
Sopwith 1½ Strutter (A1048) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) 1 |
Bellewarde Lake |
| 2 |
03 Sep 1917 |
1310 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel (B2327) |
Albatros D.III (DESF) |
Zandvoorde |
| 3 |
14 Sep 1917 |
1424 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel (B2327) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
E of Merckem |
| 4 |
20 Sep 1917 |
1120 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel (B2327) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
Passchendaele |
| 5 |
26 Sep 1917 |
1650 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel (B2327) |
C (DES) |
E of Zillebeke |
| 6 |
20 Oct 1917 |
1240 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Kastelhoek |
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| 1 |
Observer Lt George Brooke |
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