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Show II OGDEN ROYS WHO MADE RECORD l ' IN WORLD WAR, ONE OF' WHOM j " LOST LIFE OFF THE FRENCH COAST I", Two boys from Ogden, who have not i j )een recorded in the list of Ogden I n ' boys, but who did their part in the I j world war, are John Weslev Clark and 1 . William Rus3el Clark. I - The latter was killed when the "Flor- I once H" was destroyed by an internal Explosion off the coast of France on I 1 April '17, 1918. He was a gun pointer i, on this ship. The other served in tho . 211th Field Signal Battalion and was discharged from the service January I i 9, 1919. J A letter has been received from the t ! mother, Mrs. Gladys A. Ranney, Balti- l,j more, Md., stating that she desires lo j 'I have the city of Ogden given the il credit for the boys' part in the war. j j The letter follows: 1 .( "Ogden. Utah Historical Society: I "I would like very much to know ;( what you are doing in regard to a memorial to perpetuate the memory i 1 Qf the boys who lost their lives jn the world war from the state and Utah i1 and Ogden in particular. I lived In 1L Utah twentv years and have four chil- , dren who were born in Ogden. Two; I ; of these children served in the world' j. , " "John Wesley Clarke was born in ( i) Ogden, June 12, lS9fi. He served in; J Co. C. 211 h Field Signnl battalion, at 7 Camp Meade, Md. He received an 1 honorable discharge from the U. S. ii army, January 9, 1919. ' ."William Russell Clarke was born j In. Ogden, January 20, 1899. He enlist- J.; "d in the U. S. navy September' 2-1, 117, and went in training at Norfolk llgj training station. Ho was assigned to 81 duty aboard the U. S. S. Michigan in; j '( January, 1918. Later he was assigned !' to the Philadelphia Armed Guard, N. 1 R- F. Then he was assigned to the t Florence II in March. He was killed 'j when the ship was blown up near a H' port in France by an internal eplo- , slon, April 17, 1918. HA "Although we have not lived In Og-! den for a number of years, the boys 1 j looked forward to returning there and hi making It their future h6me. I would l li.ko the state of Utah and the city or l Ogden to remember it was the birth- i placo' of these boys and their future H home. H j h - Please let me hear from you as soon B l as possible, as I am the mother of the ASH i boys. H Itl 1 -"Yours truly, (Signed) j; "MRS. GLADYS A. RANNEY, j i,i '. "821 S. Second street, Hful Baltimore, Md." "'A clipping from a Baltimore paper B has. this to say of the death or voung U Clarke: ' 'it """One of the armed guard on the H Jl Florence H. when that vessel was Hi blown up in a French port some time ago, was a 19-year-old Baltimore boy, William Russell Clarke, who enlisted in the navy last September. He. with many others, was instantly killed. Mis i mother, Mrs. Gladys Ranney. and his I sister, Mrs. May Bcggs, live at S21 South Second street, in this city. "According to a letter to Mrs. Ranney Ran-ney from a friend of young Clarke's, I the explosion on the Florence II. was caused by a German spy. v.-ho was executed ex-ecuted in France on May 5, by a ' French firing squad. ' i rn |