George Clow
in the 1911 census he is a serving soldier in India.
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George Ashley Clow was born in 1890 at Sutterton, he was the son of Fred a railway goods guard (b.Sutterton Lincolnshire 1865) and Jemima (née Hall b.1864 also at Sutterton) Clow.
They were married in 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.
In the 1911 cnesus Fred 46 yrs is a railway goods guard, he is living with his wife Jemima 47 yrs and their 5 children including George 21 yrs who was serving inIndiawith the Army, Georges entry is struck out presumably by the enumerator
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
In Memoriam notice published 22nd December 1916 in the Nottingham Evening Post (courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918.
“CLOW. – Killed in action, August 24th, Corporal G. Clow. Honoured most by those who loved him best. – Mother, father, and sisters.”
“CLOW. – In loving memory of Corporal George Clow, K.R.R., killed in action August 24th, 1916. We could not, Lord, Thy purpose see, but all is well that's done by Thee. Fiancée Nell.”
His brother Frederick Cecil Clow enlisted in Nottingham (he was under age born 1897) and landed in France on 4th November 1914. He was killed in action on 22nd Decemeber 1914, having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial Panel 26 & 27
10 Grimsby Terrace Nottingham home of George Clow. Photo by Peter Gillings August 2017
Photo of George Clow
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