In Memory of
Clarence Ranford Starling
Private
513830
1st/14th Bn., London Regt (London Scottish)
who died on
Sunday, 16th April 1917. Age 19.
Additional Information:
Son of Thomas and Eugenie Starling, of 2, Brettell Lane, Amblecote, Stourbridge.
Commemorative Information
Memorial:
ARRAS MEMORIAL
Grave Reference/
Panel Number:
Bay 10
Location:
The Arras Memorial is in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is in the Boulevard du
General de
Gaulle in the western part of the town of Arras. The cemetery is near the Citadel,
approximately 2
kilometres due west of the railway station.
The Memorial commemorates almost 35,000 casualties of the British, New Zealand and South
African Forces who died between Spring 1916 and 7th August 1918, with the exception of
casualties of the Battle of Cambrai in 1917, and who have no known grave.
The design, by Sir Edward Lutyens, consists of a cloister, 25 feet high and 380 feet long,
built up
on Doric columns and faces west. In the broader part of the site the colonnade returns to
form a
recessed and open court, terminated by an apse. The names of the casualties are carved on
stone
panels fixed to the cloister walls.
Historical Information:
The Memorial commemorates almost 35,000 casualties of the British, New Zealand and South
African Forces who died between Spring 1916 and 7th August 1918, excluding casualties of
the
Battle of Cambrai in 1917, and who have no known grave.
The design, by Sir Edward Lutyens, consists of a cloister built upon Doric columns and
faces west.
In the broader part of the site the colonnade returns to form a recessed and open court,
terminated by an apse in front of which is the Arras Flying Services Memorial.
The names of the casualties are carved on stone panels which are fixed to the cloister
walls.
Copyright The Commonwealth War Graves Commission