Good afternoon, can anyone give me any advice how to narrow down a search for service records of a John Henry Clarke, please? There are lots of John Clarkes and I'm struggling to narrow it down to the right one.
On a marriage certificate to a Florence Gabb in Jan 1920 his occupation is Company Quartermaster Sergeant, RE (would this be Royal Engineers?) and in a wedding announcement it said that he'd taken leave from his post at Abancourt for the Woolwich wedding.
By the 1921 census he is no longer listed as being in the army (he's an omnibus conductor in Plumstead) but it does add that he was born in Madras, India in 1876. These are the only bits of information I have about him unfortunately but would love to find out more. Any help would be very gratefully received. Thank you very much.