Clapham,+Edgar

Second Lieutenant, West Riding Regiment. of Keighley - wounded.
 * Clapham, Edgar**

Name: CLAPHAM, EDGAR Initials: E Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) Unit Text: 6th Bn. Date of Birth: 25 Dec 1894 Age: 23 Date of Death: 05/11/1918


 * Second cousin 1 x removed to** Clapham, James Sydney
 * Third cousin 1x removed to** James Raymond Clapham
 * Third cousin to** Thomas Clapham

Additional information: Bachelor, Killed in action WW1

Oct 1914 Enlisted. Joined the local Territorial Regiment Jan 1917 6th Bn, 5th West Riding Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Received his commission (2nd Lieutenant) May 1917 Wounded in the hip and leg (as photo at top) Dec 1917 Invalided home suffering from dysentery

25 Jul 1918 2nd Lieutenant to be made Lieutenant (reported in London Gazette, 20 Aug 1918)

Aug 1918 Returned to France and went through the subsequent fighting with the 62nd Division, which was complimented by Sir Douglas Haig.

04 Nov 1918 Battle of the Sambre, wounded by enemy sniper fire.

05 Mov 1918 Death Field Hospital, Northern France. Died of wounds in hospital. Buried in marked grave AWOINGT British Cemetery (Nord France). Name also included on tombstone of grandparents, Charles and Millicent Milnes in Kildwick Parish Churchyard.

Father : John Clapham b. 17 May 1867 Keighley & d. 09 Apr 1926 (Victoria Hospital, Morecambe, District of Lancaster)

Torrisholme Cemetery, Morecambe

Mother: Mabel Caroline Milnes b. 23 Aug 1869 Esholt, District of Wharfedale & d.12 Sep 1937 Bridlington, Distict of Buckrose, East Yorkshire Married: 14 January 1892 in Bradford, residence of 19, Broomfield Place, Keighley, Yorks.

John and Mabel split up in the early 1900s leaving Mabel to bring up the two boys. Although separated from her husband, her name was placed on John's headstone.

Prior to cremation at Lawnswood Crematorium, her funeral service was conducted at the Devonshire Street Methodist Church, Keighley.

Brother: William Clapham b. 12 Dec 1892 Keighley - d. 17 Oct 1951

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: III. E. 3.
 * AWOINGT British Cemetery (Nord France) **