Completed. Edward Clasper about 1880 not on BCC. K.I.A.
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Edward Clasper about 1880 not on BCC. K.I.A.
Edward Clasper lived at 21 Enville Street, Stourbridge, and was the first son of Richard and Sophia Clasper to die in the Great War. He was a married man with four children and had worked as a retort builder for Messrs. E.J. and J. Pearson at the Delph. He enlisted on the 30th June 1915 and joined the 9th (Service) Battalion of the Worcesters. This battalion was sent to Gallipoli in July 1915 and landed at Suvla Bay on the 6th August. It moved to Mesopotamia in 1916 in another attempt to defeat the Turkish forces and Edward Clasper joined them in June 1916. In the hot summer there was little action, but a major attack was planned to advance up the Tigris and take Kut, where a small British force had been obliged to surrender in April. The attack on Kut took place on the 25th January 1917, but there were heavy casualties. Edward Clasper was made prisoner and sent back to Raselin in Turkey. Here he died on the 5th May of typhoid fever. Private Edward Clasper was 38 years of age and is commemorated on the Basra, Stourbridge and St. Thomas's church Memorials and on his parents' grave in Amblecote churchyard.
1911. 73 King St Wollaston.
Edward Clasper. 31. Fire brick retort maker. Amblecote, Staffordshire.
Alice Clasper. 28. Mount Pleasant, Staffordshire.
Edward Clasper. Son. 7. Stourbridge, Worcestershire.
Richard Clasper. Son. 6. Wollaston, Worcestershire.
Irene Clasper Daughter. 4. Wollaston, Worcestershire.
1921. 37 Enville Street, Stourbridge.
Alice Clasper. Head, widow. 38. Quarry Bank, Staffordshire.
Edward Clasper. Son. 18. Galvanizer. Stourbridge, Worcestershire.
Richard Clasper. Son. 16. Stourbridge, Worcestershire.
Irene Clasper. Daughter. 14. Junior Audit Clerk. Stourbridge, Worcestershire.
Norman Clasper. Son. 10. Stourbridge. Worcestershire.
Elsie Capewell. Sister. Single. 26. Quarry Bank, Staffordshire.
Ernest Samuel Beresford Partridge. Visitor. 15. Amblecote, Staffordshire.
CLASPER, IRENE CAPEWELL.
GRO Reference: 1907 M Quarter in STOURBRIDGE Volume 06C Page 174.
Brierley Hill St Michael.
Marriage date 01 Jun 1903.
Edward CLASPER. 23. bachelor. Retort Builder. 24 Envill Street. Richard CLASPER. Retort Builder.
Alice CAPEWELL. 20. spinster. 24 Mill Street. Benjamin CAPEWELL. Brick layer.
Witness 1 Richard BEDFORD.
Witness 2 Mary CLASPER.
Notes Brides father is deceased.
Alice Capewell is on BCC.
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Edward Clasper lived at 21 Enville Street, Stourbridge, and was the first son of Richard and Sophia Clasper to die in the Great War. He was a married man with four children and had worked as a retort builder for Messrs. E.J. and J. Pearson at the Delph. He enlisted on the 30th June 1915 and joined the 9th (Service) Battalion of the Worcesters. This battalion was sent to Gallipoli in July 1915 and landed at Suvla Bay on the 6th August. It moved to Mesopotamia in 1916 in another attempt to defeat the Turkish forces and Edward Clasper joined them in June 1916. In the hot summer there was little action, but a major attack was planned to advance up the Tigris and take Kut, where a small British force had been obliged to surrender in April. The attack on Kut took place on the 25th January 1917, but there were heavy casualties. Edward Clasper was made prisoner and sent back to Raselin in Turkey. Here he died on the 5th May of typhoid fever. Private Edward Clasper was 38 years of age and is commemorated on the Basra, Stourbridge and St. Thomas's church Memorials and on his parents' grave in Amblecote churchyard.
1911. 73 King St Wollaston.
Edward Clasper. 31. Fire brick retort maker. Amblecote, Staffordshire.
Alice Clasper. 28. Mount Pleasant, Staffordshire.
Edward Clasper. Son. 7. Stourbridge, Worcestershire.
Richard Clasper. Son. 6. Wollaston, Worcestershire.
Irene Clasper Daughter. 4. Wollaston, Worcestershire.
1921. 37 Enville Street, Stourbridge.
Alice Clasper. Head, widow. 38. Quarry Bank, Staffordshire.
Edward Clasper. Son. 18. Galvanizer. Stourbridge, Worcestershire.
Richard Clasper. Son. 16. Stourbridge, Worcestershire.
Irene Clasper. Daughter. 14. Junior Audit Clerk. Stourbridge, Worcestershire.
Norman Clasper. Son. 10. Stourbridge. Worcestershire.
Elsie Capewell. Sister. Single. 26. Quarry Bank, Staffordshire.
Ernest Samuel Beresford Partridge. Visitor. 15. Amblecote, Staffordshire.
CLASPER, IRENE CAPEWELL.
GRO Reference: 1907 M Quarter in STOURBRIDGE Volume 06C Page 174.
Brierley Hill St Michael.
Marriage date 01 Jun 1903.
Edward CLASPER. 23. bachelor. Retort Builder. 24 Envill Street. Richard CLASPER. Retort Builder.
Alice CAPEWELL. 20. spinster. 24 Mill Street. Benjamin CAPEWELL. Brick layer.
Witness 1 Richard BEDFORD.
Witness 2 Mary CLASPER.
Notes Brides father is deceased.
Alice Capewell is on BCC.
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