BRASS PLAQUE - FRY, HAROLD LISSON - CLARK, HENRY JAMES DOUGLAS . - Brass Plaque - Commemorating the opening of a Firing Range at Colchester for The Essex Regiment .

27 February 1939 0. Polished brass plaque - 3.25kg (7lbs) . 30cm x 26cm (12" x 10.25"). " On The 27th Day Of February In The Year Of Our Lord 1939 This Range Was declared Open By 2nd Lieut, M. L. Fry 2nd BN. The Essex Regiment. Colonel H. J. D. Clark MC. And 2nd Lt. Fry Fired The Opening Salvo At A Range Estimated At 100 Yards. While The Former Officer Scored A Bullseye Nothing Is Known About The Bullet Fired By The Latter." Details of people mentioned: - * Harold Lisson Fry (1818 - 1943) [ Parents: Maj. and Mrs. E. W. L. Fry, of Worksop, Nottinghamshire]. Service No. 77661 : 2nd Lieutenant 1939-1941 Essex Regiment; 1942 Lieutenant: The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own); 1943 Captain; Died at sea : 18/04/1943 ** Henry James Douglas Clark D.O.B. 07/06/1888 . 2nd Lt. 25.03.1908 [26107] ; Lt. 05.09.1910 ; Capt. 12.12.1914 ; Maj. 29.06.1927; Bt. Lt.Col. 01.07.1933 ; Lt.Col. 03.06.1935 ; Col. 17.11.1937, seniority 1.7.1936 (supernumerary 07.06.1943) (retd 24.11.1945) ; T/Brig. 31.08.1939-20.10.1941; Hon. Brig. 24.11.1945 1st Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders : 3 June Lt.-Colonel A. R. G. Wilson, D.S.O, relinquished command of the Battalion. Lt.-Colonel H. J. D. Clark, M.C, assumed command. London Gazette Friday 23rd November 1945: "Col. H. D. J. Clark MC (26107) Retires 24th Nov. 1945 Granted the Hon. rank of Brig.".

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