Alexander Clarke
Constable

Alexander Clarke

Felonious
End of Watch July 11, 1921
Age 52
Gender Male

Incident

Shot dead while going to his lodgings on the day of the truce.

Shot dead when he was attacked by four men while going to his lodgings at Townsend Street, Skibbereen, County Cork, on the day of the truce.

Constable Clarke had thirty-four years’ service with the RIC. He was a married man with a grown up family.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Clarke served with the Royal Irish Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Clarke.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

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Service Record

End of Watch July 11, 1921
Age 52
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Homicide - Shot

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Alexander is one of 605 officers killed feloniously in Ireland, 79.1% of the 765 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1921, 250 officers in Ireland were killed feloniously, more than in any other year.

Every year on record · Ireland
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Who

Alexander was 52. Of the 543 killed feloniously in Ireland whose age is recorded, half were between 24 and 41; the middle age was 31.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

July holds 7.3% of these deaths in Ireland; May holds the most, 14.9%. Mondays: 11.9%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 79.1% of all 765 deaths in Ireland, the most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

Royal Irish Constabulary has at least 120 officers remembered here, Alexander among them.

Across the years

Constable Alexander Clarke

Royal Irish Constabulary · End of Watch July 11, 1921

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