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Surname: CLAPHAM
Forename(s): John Markendale
Place of Birth: Barrowford, Lancashire
Service No: 22363
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: East Lancashire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 11th (Service) Battalion. (Accrington)
Division: 31st Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1916-11-17
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 6 C.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
John Markendale Clapham was the son of Richard and Mary Clapham, née Holt and brother of Private Henry Clapham (24213) (q.v.). Their father was born at Bank Newton, Yorkshire and mother at Barrowford, Lancashire. A cousin of John and Henry, Private William Edmund Holt (23051), died of wounds, 24 July 1917.
1901 Barrowford, Lancashire Census: Spencers Farm - John Markendale Clapham, aged 9 years, born Barrowford, son of Richard and Mary Clapham.
1911 Barrowford, Lancashire Census: Beechwood - John Markendale Clapham, aged 19 years, born Barrowford, son of Richard and Mary Clapham.
John was married to Eleanor Lewis in 1913.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte John W [sic]. Clapham, 22363, 3 E. Lan. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte John William [sic] Clapham, 22363, 3rd East Lancs.; 7th East Lancs.; 11th East Lancs.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte John M. Clapham, 22363, 11th Batt East Lancs. Date and Place of Death: 17.11.16. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Eleanor. £2 8s. 2d. self and child. War Gratuity: Widow - Eleanor. £3 0s.0d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: Pte John Markendale Clapham, 22363, 11/E. Lancs. Date and cause of death: 17.11.16. Killed in Action. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Eleanor, born 13.3.93. Address: 97, Carr Road, Nelson, Lancs. Children: Edna, born 28.5.14. [In 1939 Eleanor was living with her widowed daughter, Edna, at 54, Abbott Street, Liverpool.]
John is commemorated on the Barrowford War Memorial.
The informal title of the 11th (Service) Bn East Lancashire Regiment (Accrington) was the Accrington Pals.
Data Source: Craven Herald Article
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: East Lancashire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 31st Division
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Wheatley Carr (Inghamite) Churchyard, Lancashire
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Wheatley Carr (Inghamite) Churchyard, Lancashire
Family gravestone - detail of memorial inscription
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27 July 1917
GARGRAVE MAN'S DOUBLE WAR LOSS
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Clapham, of Higher Parrock Farm, Barrowford, and formerly of Cross Gates Farm, Bank Newton, Gargrave, have been advised by the Preston Records Office that their son, Signaller Henry Clapham, of the East Lancashire Regiment, had been killed in action in France, aged 22 years. Deceased was, before enlisting, in the employ of Messrs. Holt, Vale Street Mills, Nelson, as a clothlooker, where he was held in high esteem by the workpeople. He was an organist at the Inghamite Chapel, Wheatley Lane, with which place of worship he had been connected all his life, and was always ready to assist in any good work. He will be a greatly missed man at this place of worship.
This is the second loss in the family, as another married son, Pte. John Markendale Clapham, of the same regiment, was killed in action on November 17th 1916. His wife, who lived at 50, Gordon Road, Nelson, received a letter from his comrade in France in which the writer said:-
"Dear Mrs. Clapham, - I am afraid by now you will have heard of the death of your husband who was instantaneously killed by a shell the last time we were in the trenches. I considered him and his friend Varley, who died the following day, two of the best men in the platoon, and their loss will be felt most keenly. Let me offer you my sincere sympathy in your great loss. At any rate, you have the consolation of knowing your husband died doing is duty. Yours truly, C.H. MALLINSON."
Pte. Clapham enlisted in May 1916, and had only been a short time in France. He was a chorister at Wheatley Lane Inghamite Chapel, and leaves a widow and one child. Another son is in the Royal Flying Corps, and now stationed in Kent.
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27 July 1917
A GARGRAVE MAN'S DOUBLE WAR LOSS
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Clapham, of Higher Parrock Farm, Barrowford, and formerly of Cross Gates Farm, Bank Newton, Gargrave, have been advised by the Preston Record Office that their son, Signaller Henry Clapham, of the East Lancashire Regiment, has been killed in action in France aged 22 years. Deceased was before enlisting in the employ of Messrs. Holt, Vale Street Mills, Nelson, as a clothlooker, where he was held in high esteem by the work people. He was organist at the Inghamite Chapel, Wheatlev Lane, with which place of worship he had been connected all his life, and was always ready to assist in any good work. He will be a greatly missed man at this place of worship. This is the second loss in the family, as another married son, Pte. John Markendale Clapham, of the same regiment, was killed in action on Nov. 17th, 1916. His wife, who lived at 50, Gordon Road, Nelson, received a letter from his comrade in France in which the writer said:- "Dear Mrs. Clapham, - I am afraid by now you will have heard of the death of you're your husband, who was instantaneously killed by a shell the last time we were in the trenches. I considered him and his friend Varley, who died the following day, two of the best men in the platoon, and their loss will be felt most keenly. Let me offer you my sincere sympathy in your great loss. At any rate, you have the consolation of knowing your husband died doing his duty. Your truly, C. H. Mallinson." Pte. Clapham enlisted in May, 1916, and had only been a short time in France. He was a chorister at Wheatlev Lane Inghamite Chapel, and leaves a widow and one child. Another son is in the Royal Flying Corps, and is now stationed in Kent.
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