Watkin St
(Huntingdon St to Shelton St)
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
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
Remembered on
St Anns District Memorial virtual
Commonwealth War Graves Commission