Clarence Endicott Tucker was born in 1895, at Nottingham, in Nottinghamshire, the second of eight known children to Samuel Henry Tucker, a ticket and sign writer, and Emma Florence Tucker (formerly Laughton). He had four sisters and three brothers: Frances Lilian (1893, who died in 1895); Frederick Dennis Bernard (1897); Druscilla Olive (1900); Louisa May (1903); Grace Doris Emmeline (1906, who died in 1908); Wilfred Arthur (1908); and Samuel Morris (1910).

By 1901, the family had moved to Yeovil, in Somersetshire, where they were living at 13 Wine Street.

Ten years later, they were living at 10 Silver Street, by which time the 15-year-old Clarence was employed as a junior clerk with a cheese and butter merchant.

Clarence was still employed as a clerk when he enlisted and he remained unmarried. He later lived at 2 Church Terrace in Silver Street. [His brother Frederick also served with the 1/5th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry (Territorial Force), first in India and then the Middle East.]

Clarence Endicott Tucker enlisted on 4 September, 1914, at Yeovil, joining the Somerset Light Infantry as a private, number 2917. He was then aged 19 years and 3 months, and described as being: 5’ 9½” tall; with a chest measurement of 31”/33”. He joined the 1/5th Battalion (Territorial Force).

He was embodied on 4 September, 1914, and embarked for India on 9 October. Whilst in India he was allocated the new number, 241195.

However, he was admitted to hospital at Meerut on 3 October, 1916, suffering from severe tuberculosis of the lung, where he remained for 50 days, until 21 November. He embarked at Bombay aboard the SS Loyalty, disembarked at Alexandria, in Egypt, on 31 January, 1917, and the next day was admitted to the 21st General Hospital suffering from tuberculosis.

On 10 February he embarked aboard the Hospital Ship Letitia, for England, where he disembarked on 22 February. He was then admitted to the 1st Southern General Hospital at Bristol, until 12 March.

A medical board then decided that he was permanently unfit for service of any kind. He was then admitted to a county sanatorium. On arrival in England he was transferred to the 4th Battalion (Territorial Force), for administrative purposes.

On 2 April, he was discharged at Exeter, being no longer physically fit for war service, due to sickness. He was then aged 21 years and described as being: 5’ 11” tall; with brown hair; brown eyes; a fresh complexion; weighing 140 lbs; and with a chest measurement of 31”/33”.

Clarence Endicott Tucker died at Taunton, Somerset, on 18 February, 1918, from tuberculosis. He was aged 22.