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This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Ian Morley-Clarke who was born in Congleton, Cheshire, England on Jan 09, 1927 and passed away on January 08, 2005 at the age of 78. We will remember him forever.
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His last days / David Clarke
A few years after getting married for the 5th time to a former French Nun and Nurse Ian's long publishing career all but ended when he suffered a major brain haemmorhage that left him in a coma for 3 days, however, he managed to pull through after so...
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Tribute / Elizabeth Imlay (Freelance employee)
I owe a good deal to Ian, who taught me the business of publishing. In the mid 1990s, I was looking for job, and he was looking for editorial help. I lived in Speldhurst, and was astonished to find that there was a well established publishing house i...
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The Spirit of the Invalids / Jeremy Paul (Friend)
Ian summed it all up. Never taking life too seriously, at least not on the cricket field - though I know well how tough his profession of Publishing was for him or anyone who took his individual line on it - to push for things he believed in.&n...
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Cricketer and Gentleman / Ewen Gilmour (Fellow Invalids cricketer)
I first met Ian about 30 years ago on the cricket field, when we were both playing for the Invalids Cricket Club against various villages in the home counties. Ian was a most delightful cricketing companion - warm, generous with a delightf...
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Life and Times of Ian Morley-Clarke
Ian Wentworth Morley-Clarke, 1927-2005.
Son of Maj Francis Edward Morley-Clarke and Vera Dagmar Bates. Educated at St.Piran's Maidenhead and Wellington College Crowthorne Berks. Father of Richard (dec'd), David and John Morley-Clarke. Grandfather of Joanna and Michael.
Army career 1943-1955. Queens Royal Regiment. Captain. Seconded to Parachute Regiment where he saw active service in Malayan campaigns acting as Major before returning to England to pursue family life, sporting and a publishing career. Publisher of over 700 (mainly hard back) book titles. Founder of Midas Books, Nutshell. Spellmount and Para Press. Wide range of titles from life and times of famous musicians to art, social history and militaria.
Ian was a great and often humourous raconteur and one of the books he published was 'Rorke's Drift' a battle immortalised by Michael Caine in the film Zulu. Ian was always justifiably proud of his military connections and also the fact that he trained Micael Mickelwhite as he was then known while he was at Stoughton barracks.
Sport: Played hockey for combined services where he once burst an appendix and was given the last rights at the end of the match but went on to play for the Army, Kent, Berks, Tramps and Captain Guildford, Beckenham and Tunbridge Wells. Played cricket for Grasshoppers CC, Invalids CC, Speldhurst CC, Berks Gents CC and Blues CC. He had a remarkable innings that finally closed on the 8th Jan 2005 the day before his 78th birthday.
A funeral service will be held at St.Marys Church, Worplesdon at 2.30 on 24th January. |
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