Captain Edward Denman Clarke CBE, MC (21 May 1898 – 5 September 1966) was a World War I flying ace.
In later life, Clarke was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire as the managing director of the aviation and shipping corporation Saunders-Roe.
Edward Denman Clarke was born on 21 May 1898[1] in the Grand Duchy of Finland, where his St Petersburg-based family had a hunting lodge.
[1] He was shot down by ground fire on 26 October 1917, as he strafed enemy positions from his Sopwith Camel during the Battle of Passchendaele.
[9] On 31 May 1956, Clarke was honoured with the award of Commander of the Order of the British Empire; at the time, he was the managing director of Saunders-Roe Ltd., Cowes, Isle of Wight.