Basic Details
Surname
Barraclough
Forenames
C
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Clement
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He had moved to Dukinfield in Cheshire before, as a Territorial, he enlisted in August 1914. He was one of the many of the regiment and of Calderdale to be lost in the failed attack on the Schwaben Redoubt on 3/9/16 and was not found to have been commemorated on any other Calderdale memorial they worked on.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army (British)
Unit (Primary - Stated)
D of W Regt
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Somme
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Thiepval
Cemetery
Mill Road British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1916
Month of death
September
Day of death
3
Manner of death reference
Missing