James McIntosh Clark album

• Reference:GB 254 MS 449
• Dates of Creation:1939-1943, 2017
• Name of Creator:
  James McIntosh Clark
• Physical Description:
  1 folder

• Scope and Content

  /1 Photograph album of James McIntosh Clark mainly in India and Pakistan while undergoing army training during World War Two. Places include Darjeeling, Barasat, Delhi, Bombay, Kotri, Lahore and Quetta and a few images in Scotland, 1939-1943 /2 Information about the Clark family and copy of letter informing the family of Clark's burial, 2017

• Administrative / Biographical History

  He was in the employment of Thomson, Shepherd & Co, Dundee and then went to India with Bird & Co as a jute clerk. He was called up after the outbreak of the Second World War and served in the 6th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery. He was killed in action 5th February 1944 aged 27 in Burma and buried there.

• Arrangement

  Usually chronological within series.

• Access Information

  Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.

• Acquisition Information

  Given by the nephew of Clark, William Ferguson Clark after listening to an archive talk

• Note

  He was in the employment of Thomson, Shepherd & Co, Dundee and then went to India with Bird & Co as a jute clerk. He was called up after the outbreak of the Second World War and served in the 6th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery. He was killed in action 5th February 1944 aged 27 in Burma and buried there.

• Other Finding Aids

  Hard copy of descriptive list in Search Room.

• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Zoe Rae, volunteer, 19 August 2019

• Conditions Governing Use

  Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.

• Custodial History

  Unknown

• Accruals

  Not expected

• Additional Information

  Published

  Catalogued

  MS 449