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Surname: CLOUGH
Forename(s): Wallace
Place of Birth: Earby, Yorkshire
Service No: 266203
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 9th (Service) Battalion
Division: 17th (Northern) Division
Age: 26
Date of Death: 1918-10-12
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. E. 15.
CWGC Cemetery: MONTAY-NEUVILLY ROAD CEMETERY, MONTAY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Wallace Clough was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Clough, née Clapham. Thomas was born at Clitheroe, Lancashire and Elizabeth probably at Milnthorpe near Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland.
1901 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 59, Albert Street - Wallace Clough, aged 8 years, born Thornton [Thornton-in-Craven Parish], Yorkshire, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Clough.
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 45, Prospect Terrace, Rainhall Road - Wallace Clough, aged 18 years, born Earby, Yorkshire, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Clough.
Wallace was married to Florrie Hall in 1913. In 1939 Florrie was living at 3, Westgate, Barnoldswick. Their daughter, Winifred, married Thomas Loveday in 1934.
The British Army Service Record for Wallace Clough (Service Number: 1252) exists but may be incomplete. He served in the pre-war Territorial Force with the 6th Bn Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) from 1 December 1909 to 30 November 1913.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Wallace Clough, 266203, W. Rid. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Wallace Clough, 266203, 9 W. Rid. R. K. in A. 12.10.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Wallace Clough, 266203, 9th Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 12.10.18. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Florrie. £12 8s. 6d. Daughter - Winifred. £24 16s. 10d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Wallace. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Florrie, born 29.5.93. Address: 16, Bank Street, Barnoldswick. Children: Winifred, born 4.8.13.
A short biography of Wallace is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
CLOUGH, Wallace, aged 26, West Riding Regiment, 16, Bank Street, [Barnoldswick], killed in action, Oct. 12, 1918.
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Private Wallace CLOUGH
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 17th (Northern) Division
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25 October 1918
BARNOLDSWICK – THE WAR'S TOLL: Private W. Clough
Private Wallace Clough, Duke of Wellington’s, killed in action on the 12th inst., was 26 years of age, and leaves a wife and one child living at 16 Bank Street, Barnoldswick. Formerly a weaver for Messrs. Dewhurst, Long Ing, he enlisted four years ago and had served two years in France without a scratch. News of his death was received from Private T. Graham, a stretcher bearer in the same regiment, who states that he was hit in the head by a splinter of shell.
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25 October 1918
CLOUGH – Killed in action Oct. 12th, Pte. W. Clough, West Riding Regiment, husband of Mrs. Clough, living at 16, Bank Street, Barnoldswick, aged 26.
25 October 1918
Barnoldswick Weaver Killed
Pte. Wallace Clough, Duke of Wellington’s, killed in action on the 12th inst., was 26 years of age and leaves a wife and one child living at 10, Bank Street, Barnoldswick. Formerly a weaver at Messrs. Dewhurst’s, Long Ing, he enlisted four years ago, and had served two years in France without a scratch. News of his death was received from Pte. T. Graham, a stretcher-bearer in the same regiment, who states that he was hit in the head by a splinter of shell.
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