Watkin St
(Huntingdon St to Shelton St)
THE GREAT WAR
George Clow
Rank Corporal Service number 7748 Date of death 24 Aug 1916 Age at death 26 Family History He was the son of Fred (b.Sutterton Lincolnshire 1865) and Jemima (née Hall b.1864 also at Sutterton) Clow. Married in 1886 in the Boston Registration District, they had five children. George's siblings were Daisy 1892 b.Bradford, Elsie b.1895 Halifax, Fred Cecil b.1897 Queensbury Yorkshire (killed in action 22/12/1914) and Gladys b.1890 Nottingham. In 1901 the family lived at 6 Blake Street and in 1911 at 10 Grimsby Terrace Watkin Street (both St Ann’s Nottingham). Fred (senior) was a goods guard for Great Northern Railway. Military Unit 9th Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps Military History George Clow enlisted in Nottingham on 11th December 1906. He served in India with 4th and 3rd Battalions before joining 9th Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Landing in France in November 1914, he was wounded in action and returned to England twice - on 5th March 1915 (shrapnel head wound) and again on 3rd February 1916. He returned to the front on 3rd May 1916 and was promoted to Lance Corporal on 5th July 1916. Thiepval Memorial Pier & Face 13A, 13B Remembered on |
CLOW Frederick Cecil Rank Private Service number 12246 Date of death 22 Dec 1914 Age at death 17 Frederick Cecil Clow enlisted in Nottingham (he was under age born 1897) and landed in France on 4th November 1914. Military Unit 1st Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment) Occupation: He was an errand lad in 1911. Family History He was the son of Fred (b.Sutterton Lincolnshire 1865) and Jemima (née Hall b.1864 also at Sutterton) Clow. Married in 1886 in the Boston Registration District, they had five children. Frederick Cecil’s siblings were George b.1890 Sutterton (killed inaction 24/8/1916), Daisy 1892 b.Bradford, Elsie b.1895 Halifax and Gladys b.1890 Nottingham. In 1901 they family lived at 6 Blake Street and in 1911 at 10 Grimsby Terrace Watkin Street (both St Ann’s Nottingham). Fred (senior) was a goods guard for Great Northern Railway. Memorial Le Touret Memorial Panel 26 & 27 Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |