Isaac was born in 1914 in Coseley, the son of Samuel and Leah Clarke. In 1921 they were living at 1 Chell Street, Bradley, with Isaac’s siblings Samuel, Joseph and Elizabeth. In 1940, Isaac married Gladys Maud Dudley in Bilston.

Isaac served as a Fusilier with the 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers and was awarded the General Service Medal in August 1940. He later served with the 6th Battalion of the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) under the service number 3128260. Isaac was unfortunately killed in action in Italy on 10 November 1944. He is buried in the Forli War Cemetery and remembered on the Bilston Town Roll of Honour.

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