Jump to content

R. Hunter Clarkson: Difference between revisions

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
Next edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Created page for Gen. R. Hunter Clarkson
Tags: nowiki added Visual edit
 
Fixed hyperlink
Line 28: Line 28:
'''Robert Hunter Clarkson''', was a native of [[Scotland]], who served as a Major in the [[British Armed Forces]] in World War I and as Commander of the [[6th Port of Embarkation|Sixth Port Headquarters]], [[Transportation Corps]] in [[World War II]]. Under his command, the 6th Port was awarded the [[Meritorious Service Medal (United States)|Meritorous Service Medal]] for superior performance in control and execution of its port missions. Clarkson was commissioned a Brigadier General in 1949.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=5 July 1962|title=Gen. Clarkson services Friday|page=6|work=Coronado Eagle & Journal|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/california/coronado/coronado-eagle-and-journal/1962/07-05/page-6/|access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=31 July 1943|title=Roll Of Honor|page=6|work=[[Stars and Stripes (newspaper) | Mediterranean Algiers Stars And Stripes]]|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/dz/algiers/algiers/mediterranean-algiers-stars-and-stripes/1943/07-31/page-6/|access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref>
'''Robert Hunter Clarkson''', was a native of [[Scotland]], who served as a Major in the [[British Armed Forces]] in World War I and as Commander of the [[6th Port of Embarkation|Sixth Port Headquarters]], [[Transportation Corps]] in [[World War II]]. Under his command, the 6th Port was awarded the [[Meritorious Service Medal (United States)|Meritorous Service Medal]] for superior performance in control and execution of its port missions. Clarkson was commissioned a Brigadier General in 1949.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=5 July 1962|title=Gen. Clarkson services Friday|page=6|work=Coronado Eagle & Journal|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/california/coronado/coronado-eagle-and-journal/1962/07-05/page-6/|access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=31 July 1943|title=Roll Of Honor|page=6|work=[[Stars and Stripes (newspaper) | Mediterranean Algiers Stars And Stripes]]|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/dz/algiers/algiers/mediterranean-algiers-stars-and-stripes/1943/07-31/page-6/|access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref>


Clarkson served in British Army in World War I in the [[Royal Garrison Artillery|Royal Garrison Artillery Unit]] of the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War I|British Expeditionary Force]] in Palestine and Egypt from 1914 - 1920.<ref name=":0" />
Clarkson served in British Army in World War I in the [[Royal Garrison Artillery|Royal Garrison Artillery Unit]] of the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War I)|British Expeditionary Force]] in Palestine and Egypt from 1914 - 1920.<ref name=":0" />


After his service in the British Army in World War I, Clarkson moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico where he was Chief of Transportation for the [[Fred Harvey Company]], founding the Indian Detour Transportation Company in 1924, after Harvey acquired a local tour company. The Indian Detour was an adventurous sightseeing trip featuring the romance, mystery and landscape behind the railroad tracks of New Mexico and in the Indian Southwest.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dye|first=Victoria E.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Yi8DAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT60&dq=%22All+Aboard+for+Santa+Fe%22+++R.+Hunter+Clarkson&hl=en|title=All Aboard for Santa Fe: Railway Promotion of the Southwest, 1890s to 1930s|date=2016-04-25|publisher=University of New Mexico Press|isbn=978-0-8263-3659-0|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=13 July 1923|title=WILL AT ONCE BEGIN WORK ON THE MAINE-GRAND CANYON ROAD|page=2|work=Flagstaff Coconino Sun|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/arizona/flagstaff/flagstaff-coconino-sun/1923/07-13/page-2/|access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=4 April 1924|title=SAYS HARVEY NOT IN FAVOR OF GALLUP TO CANYON LINE|page=1|work=The Coconino Sun|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/arizona/flagstaff/flagstaff-coconino-sun/1924/04-04/|access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Secord|first=Paul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WObfBAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA121&dq=Indian+Detour+Transportation+Co&hl=en|title=Pecos|date=2014|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-1-4671-3237-4|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Riskin|first=Marci L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JrpRKxEw2PMC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA43&dq=R.+Hunter+Clarkson+dies&hl=en|title=The Train Stops Here: New Mexico's Railway Legacy|date=2005|publisher=UNM Press|isbn=978-0-8263-3307-0|language=en}}</ref>
After his service in the British Army in World War I, Clarkson moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico where he was Chief of Transportation for the [[Fred Harvey Company]], founding the Indian Detour Transportation Company in 1924, after Harvey acquired a local tour company. The Indian Detour was an adventurous sightseeing trip featuring the romance, mystery and landscape behind the railroad tracks of New Mexico and in the Indian Southwest.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dye|first=Victoria E.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Yi8DAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT60&dq=%22All+Aboard+for+Santa+Fe%22+++R.+Hunter+Clarkson&hl=en|title=All Aboard for Santa Fe: Railway Promotion of the Southwest, 1890s to 1930s|date=2016-04-25|publisher=University of New Mexico Press|isbn=978-0-8263-3659-0|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=13 July 1923|title=WILL AT ONCE BEGIN WORK ON THE MAINE-GRAND CANYON ROAD|page=2|work=Flagstaff Coconino Sun|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/arizona/flagstaff/flagstaff-coconino-sun/1923/07-13/page-2/|access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=4 April 1924|title=SAYS HARVEY NOT IN FAVOR OF GALLUP TO CANYON LINE|page=1|work=The Coconino Sun|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/arizona/flagstaff/flagstaff-coconino-sun/1924/04-04/|access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Secord|first=Paul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WObfBAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA121&dq=Indian+Detour+Transportation+Co&hl=en|title=Pecos|date=2014|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-1-4671-3237-4|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Riskin|first=Marci L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JrpRKxEw2PMC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA43&dq=R.+Hunter+Clarkson+dies&hl=en|title=The Train Stops Here: New Mexico's Railway Legacy|date=2005|publisher=UNM Press|isbn=978-0-8263-3307-0|language=en}}</ref>

Revision as of 02:59, 29 December 2021

{{Infobox military person | name = Robert Hunter Clarkson | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | nickname = R. Hunter Clarkson | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = 1 July 1962 | death_place = Coronado Island, California | placeofburial = Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery | allegiance = Great BritainUnited States of America | branch = British Armed ForcesTransportation Corps|Sixth Port Headquarters|United States Army | serviceyears = 1914–1920 United States Army 1942–1945 | rank = Brigadier General Three stars | servicenumber = | unit = Transportation Corps, Delta Base Section, 6th Port Headquarters | commands = 6th Port Headquarters | battles = World War IWorld War II:European theatre of World War II | awards = Military CrossBronze Star MedalOrder of the Crown of ItalyEuropean-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal[[Meritorious Service Medal (United States)|Meritorious Service Medal]Croix de Guerre | alma_mater = | spouse = Margaret H. Clarkson (wife) | children = Beatrice SmithRuth EllenGeorge Patton IV | relations =Lola C. Duval (daughter) Robert H. Clarkson (son) }}

Robert Hunter Clarkson, was a native of Scotland, who served as a Major in the British Armed Forces in World War I and as Commander of the Sixth Port Headquarters, Transportation Corps in World War II. Under his command, the 6th Port was awarded the Meritorous Service Medal for superior performance in control and execution of its port missions. Clarkson was commissioned a Brigadier General in 1949.[1][2]

Clarkson served in British Army in World War I in the Royal Garrison Artillery Unit of the British Expeditionary Force in Palestine and Egypt from 1914 - 1920.[1]

After his service in the British Army in World War I, Clarkson moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico where he was Chief of Transportation for the Fred Harvey Company, founding the Indian Detour Transportation Company in 1924, after Harvey acquired a local tour company. The Indian Detour was an adventurous sightseeing trip featuring the romance, mystery and landscape behind the railroad tracks of New Mexico and in the Indian Southwest.[3][4][5][6][7]

At a Rotary Club Meeting he announced "We are interested in only one road and that is the National Old Trails and a good road from it to Grand Canyon, the latter to be build wherever the people of this county and the park service decide it should be built".[5][8]

United States Army, Transportation Corps, Sixth Port Headquarters

In December 1942, Clarkson was called to serve in the United States Army and appointed major in the Transportation Corps Delta Base Section. He was connected with the 6th Port of Embarkation|6th Port Headquarters]] since early operations in North Africa and assigned as Commander while the 6th Port was at Naples.[1][9][10][11]

In 1949, Clarkson was commissioned as a Brigadier General.[1][12]

Personal

In 1947, Clarkson moved to Coronado Island, California.[13]

Death

Clarkson died at Coronado Island, California on July 1, 1962.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Gen. Clarkson services Friday". Coronado Eagle & Journal. 5 July 1962. p. 6. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Roll Of Honor". Mediterranean Algiers Stars And Stripes. 31 July 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  3. ^ Dye, Victoria E. (2016-04-25). All Aboard for Santa Fe: Railway Promotion of the Southwest, 1890s to 1930s. University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 978-0-8263-3659-0.
  4. ^ "WILL AT ONCE BEGIN WORK ON THE MAINE-GRAND CANYON ROAD". Flagstaff Coconino Sun. 13 July 1923. p. 2. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  5. ^ a b "SAYS HARVEY NOT IN FAVOR OF GALLUP TO CANYON LINE". The Coconino Sun. 4 April 1924. p. 1. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  6. ^ Secord, Paul (2014). Pecos. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4671-3237-4.
  7. ^ Riskin, Marci L. (2005). The Train Stops Here: New Mexico's Railway Legacy. UNM Press. ISBN 978-0-8263-3307-0.
  8. ^ "MOST DIRECT ROUTE FROM COAST TO CANYON IS VIA CONGRESS AND JEROME". The Coconino Sun. 4 April 1926. p. 13. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Hunter Clarkson in Charge of Allies' Biggest Port". Santa Fe New Mexican. 11 September 1944. p. 9.
  10. ^ "4-Jeep Port group Came in Year Ago". The Stars And Stripes, Marseille. 28 August 1945. p. 4. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Arles Closed, St. Vic Will Be". Southern France, Stars And Stripes. 11 September 1945. p. 1. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Congressional Record - House" (PDF). Congressional Record - Bound Edition: 2304. 25 March 1953 – via GovInfo.gov.
  13. ^ a b "R. Clarkson Dies in Calif". Santa Fe Daily New Mexican. 3 July 1962. p. 1. Retrieved 28 December 2021.

http://sam.nmartmuseum.org/objects/2930/portrait-of-hunter-clarkson?ctx=3766b5b7-a9d2-4d92-9f34-0dbd5b26ea62&idx=0

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=R._Hunter_Clarkson&oldid=1062543533"