Private William Clewes

Army Number: 27723

Battalion : 16th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Wem, Shropshire. Husband of Lucy Clewes, of 43, Crompton Street, Hallam Fields, Ilkeston, Derbyshire. He enlisted at Ilkeston and was accidentally drowned. 2nd August 1915, aged 48.

Buried : Ilkeston (Stanton Road) Cemetery, United Kingdom.

Private William Clewes is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Ilkeston Town War Memorial, Ilkeston, Derbsyhire.