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Surname: CLOUGH
Forename(s): Wilfrid
Place of Birth: Sutton-in-Craven, Yorkshire
Service No: 42363
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Northumberland Fusiliers
Battalion / Unit: 12th/13th Battalion
Division: 21st Division
Age: 21
Date of Death: 1918-07-25
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: VII. C. 2.
CWGC Cemetery: TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Wilfrid Clough was the son of Charlie and Mary Clough, née Overend. Both parents were born at Sutton-in-Craven, Yorkshire.
1901 Sutton-in-Craven, Yorkshire Census: 1, Westfield Place - Wilfred Clough, aged 4 years, born Sutton-in-Craven, son of Charlie and Mary Clough.
1911 Sutton-in-Craven, Yorkshire Census: Stoneleigh, Bridge Road, Sutton Mill - Wilfrid Clough, aged 14 years, born Sutton, son of Charlie and Mary Clough.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Wilfred Clough, 42363, North'd Fus. Died.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Wilfred Clough, 42363, 8th North'd Fus.; 24th North'd Fus.; 12/13th North'd Fus. Died.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Wilfred Clough, 42363, 12/13 Bn North. Fus. Date and Place of Death: 25.7.18. P. of W. Off. Accpt. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father and Grantee - Charlie. £31 2s. 9d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: Pte Wilfred Clough, 42363, N. Fus. Date and cause of death: 25.7.18. Gastric and Intestinal Catarrh whilst P. O. War. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Mary Clough, born 1866. Relationship: Mother. Address: Stoneleigh, Bridge Road, Sutton-in-Craven.
1914-1918 – Prisoners of the First World War – ICRC Historical Archives: Card(s) exist for Wilfred .
On the 10 August 1917, the 12th (Service) Bn Northumberland Fusiliers amalgamated with the 13th (Service) Bn Northumberland Fusiliers to form the 12th/13th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
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Private Wilfrid CLOUGH
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Northumberland Fusiliers
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 21st Division
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17 November 1916
SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN – Private Wilfred Clough Wounded
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clough, of Sutton Mill Road, Sutton-in-Craven have this week received a letter from their son, Pte. Wilfred Clough, informing them that he had been wounded. Pte. Clough joined the Northumberland Fusiliers (Fighting Fifth) on June 7th this year and was in training at Hornsea. He went out to France in October and had only been in the trenches round Armentieres three days when he received a shrapnel wound below the knee. He is now at the War Hospital at Reading. Previous to enlistment Pte. Clough was a clerk in the office of Messrs. T. and M. Bairstow, and resided with his parents. He was a Lord Derby man.
15 June 1917
SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN – Pte. Wilfred Clough on Leave
During the week Pte. Wilfred Clough, of Bridge Road, has been home on leave. Pte. Clough, who was a Lord Derby man, joined the Northumberland Fusiliers on June 7th 1916, and went out to France in October. He had only been in the trenches round Armentieres three days when he received a shrapnel wound below the knee. He was sent to the War Hospital at Reading and has since been in the convalescent hospital at Reading. Pte. Clough was formerly a clerk in the office of Messrs. T. and M. Bairstow, and is home on the usual ten days’ leave, having been discharged from hospital.
26 April 1918
WOUNDED AND MISSING
Pte. Wilfred Clough, of the Northumberland Fusiliers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clough, Sutton Mill, has been wounded for the second time. He was previously a clerk for Messrs. T. and M. Bairstow.
03 May 1918
WOUNDED AND MISSING
Pte. Wilfred Clough, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clough, of Bridge Road, Sutton, have received a postcard from their son, Pte. Wilfred Clough, of the Northumberland Fusiliers, written from Lemburg in Germany, stating that he was a prisoner of war, and unwounded. Pte. Clough had previously been officially reported by the War Office as wounded.
03 January 1919
SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN – Private W. Clough Reported Dead
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Clough, of Bridge Road, Sutton Mill, received information from the authorities in Germany on Sunday that their only son, Wilfrid Clough, of the Northumberland Fusiliers, had died in hospital. Private Clough was reported wounded in April last, and in the early part of May his parents received a postcard from him saying that he was a prisoner of war at Lemburg, Germany, and unwounded. Prior to enlistment in the early days of the war, he was employed as a clerk by Messrs. T. and M. Bairstow, Sutton Mills, and was a lad held in high esteem.
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03 May 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Sutton Mill Prisoner of War
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clough, of Sutton Mill, have received a card from their son, Pte. Wilfred Clough, Northumberland Fusiliers, stating that he is well and a prisoner of war in Germany. He has been previously wounded. He was formerly employed as a clerk at T. and M. Bairstow’s, Sutton Mill.
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