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CLOWNE (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD
Derbyshire
England

Location Information

Clowne is a small Derbyshire town situated 8.2 miles East-North-East of Chesterfield. In the churchyard are the graves of 3 soldiers of the Great War and 6 of the 1939-1945 War.
 
GREAT WAR BURIALS

Driver W. J. FRANCERS. 85454. "B" Bty. 117th Brig. Royal Field Artillery. 5th Jan. 1919, aged 26. Son of George & Annie Francers; husband of A. E. Haynes (formerly Francers) of 114 North Road, Clowne. Special Memorial

Gunner Horace JOHNSON. 271247. 4th (B) Reserve Brig. Royal Field Artillery. 16th July 1918, aged 20. Son of William & Kezia Johnson of 140 Cresswell Road, Clowne. Grave 634

Pte. E. LEARY. 128678. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 5th Oct. 1919. Son of M. A. Savage (formerly Leary) of Clowne and of E. Savage (Stepfather). Grave 741

 
WW2 WAR BURIALS

Guardsman George Henry CLARKE. 2692964. 1st. Bn. Scots Guards. 18th Oct. 1940, aged 36. Son of Charles Henry & Alice Clarke; husband of Grace Mary Clarke of Clowne. Grave 1760

Guardsman James FROST. 2693464. 1st. Bn. Scots Guards. 18th Oct. 1940, aged 30. Son of William & Florence Frost; husband of Lily Frost of Clowne. Grave 1761

Sgt. George Cyril PHILLIPS. 1214033. 246 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 24th Jan. 1943, aged 32. Son of George Henry & Sarah Phillips of Clowne. Awarded the Bronze Medal and Certificate of the Royal Life Saving Society, 1941. Grave 1858

Gunner Douglas Kitchener PLATTS. 1495464. 422 Bty. 57 Searchlight Regt. 11th May 1940, aged 22. Son of George Arthur & Martha Platts of Clown. Grave 1746

Pte. Celia THOMPSON. W/300129. Auxiliary Territorial Service and Royal Artillery, attd. 153 (M) H.A.A. Regt. 28th July 1944, aged 21. Daughter of Albert & Elizabeth Thompson of Clipstone, Nottinghamshire. Grave 1918

Cpl. Arthur WILD. 4979007. Reconnaissance Corps. R.A.C., 49th (West Riding) Regt. 31st Aug. 1943, aged 25. Son of John T. Wild & Mary S. Wild of Clowne; husband of Kathleen Wild of Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. Grave 1877


Information provided by Barry Cuttell


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