Name |
Leonard Bishop CLAPP |
Rank/Number |
2nd Lieutenant |
Regiment |
Border Regiment 1st Battalion |
Enlisted |
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Age/Date of death |
22 02 Oct 1917 |
How died/Theatre of war |
Died of wounds France & Flanders |
Last known address |
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Cemetery |
Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium |
Grave or Memorial Reference |
VI.I.15 |
Location of memorial |
Chesham War Memorial |
Date/Place of birth |
27 May 1895 Croydon, Surrey |
Date/Place of baptism |
17 Aug 1895 Selhurst, Surrey |
Pre-war occupation of Casualty |
assistant in trimming warehouse |
Parents |
late Edmond & Ann Elizabeth Clapp (Hoggarth) |
Parent's occupation |
hosiers assistant |
Parents' Address (last known) |
18 Leatherseller, Wood St, High Barnett, Herts |
Wife |
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Wife's Address (last known) |
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Notes |
There does not appear to be any connection with Chesham but this is the only entry in CWGC & SDGW for LB Clapp. His brother Joseph Clapp was manager of the Chilton Toy Works, Chesham during the war |