Private Jonathan Clegg

Army Number: 30151

Battalion: 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born in Merfield, Yorkshire. Son of Joseph and Mary Clegg, of Wood Bottom, Hopton, Merfield, Yorkshire. Husband of Annie Clegg, of Nelson Terrace, Portland Street, Daybrook, Nottingham. He was a drayman, for Home Brewery, Arnold, Nottingham. Went to France on 6th March 1916 and died of wounds on 6th April 1917.

Buried: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Plot 9, Row C. Grave 25A.

Private Clegg is also commemorated on the following local memorials:–
Arnot Hill Park War Memorial, Arnold, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Arnold, Nottinghamshire.
St. Paul’s Church War Memorial, Daybrook, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.