Lance Corporal James Clawson
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1880-12-21
Place of birth: Belfast County Antrim Ireland
Next of kin: Frank Clawson, brother, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Bricklayer
Occupation (normalized): Bricklayer (Construction)
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1916-04-07
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Menin Road South Military Cemetery, I. A. 23.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 433092
Highest Rank:
Lance Corporal
(49th Battalion)
Rank detail
Lance Corporal, 49th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 95949
LAC ID:
104542
Service file: B1776-S032
Uploader's Notes: 5 years prior service with Royal Engineers, Aldershot. Brother of Sgt. William Clawson.
Nancy Clawson and her three sons emigrated to Canada from Belfast and settled at 116 Landsdown Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, two of them rallying to the Colours on the outbreak of hostilities and making the ultimate sacrifice.
James Clawson was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on 21 December 1880. A Bricklayer by occupation, he enlisted in the 49th Battalion at Edmonton in April 1915 and arrived in England in June of the same year. Embarked for France that October, he was killed in action in the trenches near Ypres on 7 April 1916, and was buried in the Menin Road South Military Cemetery.
Uploader's Research notes: [Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 49th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-07-06