{"id":24125,"date":"2017-06-09T11:00:50","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T10:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/?p=24125"},"modified":"2017-06-09T08:32:38","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T07:32:38","slug":"1917-a-porthill-scout-dies-in-belguim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/2017\/06\/09\/1917-a-porthill-scout-dies-in-belguim\/","title":{"rendered":"1917: A Porthill Scout Dies in Belguim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One hundred years ago yesterday, more than two and a half years\u00a0into the Great War, Private Clarence Cork, 4538 3rd, 5th, North Staffordshire Regiment died from wounds received in action aged 19.<\/p>\n<p>Clarence was a Porthill Scout, and was the eleventh of eighteen of our Scouts, that we know of, that were killed in the Great War.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/remember.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Picture-197July-21st-1917-page-6_thumb.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Picture 197July 21st 1917 page 6\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/remember.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/the-men\/clarence-frederick-cork\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">You can read his full story here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Clarence Frederick Cork b. Wolstanton 1898 \u2013 d. Belguim 1917.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/gone-home.gif?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"gone-home\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:<br \/>\nAge shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.<br \/>\nAt the going down of the sun and in the morning,<br \/>\nWe will remember them.<\/p>\n<p><span hidden class=\"__iawmlf-post-loop-links\" data-iawmlf-links=\"[{&quot;id&quot;:102,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/remember.porthillscouts.org.uk\\\/site\\\/the-men\\\/clarence-frederick-cork&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20200924053942\\\/https:\\\/\\\/remember.porthillscouts.org.uk\\\/site\\\/the-men\\\/clarence-frederick-cork\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/remember.porthillscouts.org.uk\\\/site\\\/the-scouts\\\/clarence-frederick-cork\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-10 06:07:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-18 10:25:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-26 05:27:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-08 09:34:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-13 18:47:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-19 09:32:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-22 21:55:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-07-02 04:36:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-07-21 05:26:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-08-08 17:34:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-08-20 22:08:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-08-29 02:01:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-09-10 20:40:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-09-10 20:40:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One hundred years ago yesterday, more than two and a half years\u00a0into the Great War, Private Clarence Cork, 4538 3rd, 5th, North Staffordshire Regiment died from wounds received in action aged 19. 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