Private William Thorneycroft Clowes

Army Number : 117634

Battalion : 3rd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Morley, Derbyshire. Son of Caleb and Rosa Clowes, of Lime Farm, Morley, Derbyshire. He was a farm stockman and horseman prior to enlisting 23rd May 1918 at Derby. He went tot France with the 15th Battalion : 3rd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, 23rd September 1918 and was posted to the 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, 26th September 1918. He died of heart failure 9th October 1918, and shock, resulting from wounds received in action.

Died : 9th October 1918.

Buried : St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France. S. 2. N. 6.

Private William Thorneycroft Clowes is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Mathews Church War Memorial, Morley, Derbyshire.
St. Mathews Church Roll of Honour, Morley, Derbyshire.
St. Mathews Church Memorial Plaque, Morley, Derbyshire.

His brother Private George Riley Clowes, 4th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment, also fell in the Great War.