Ernest Rowan Butler Clough
Memorial: Alveston - St Helen's Church
Regiment: Durham Light Infantry
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Second Lieutenant
Parents: Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Herrick Butler Cough and Gertrude Matilda Clough
Home address: The Grange, Alveston, Bristol and 24 Royal York Crescent, Clifton, Bristol
Date of birth: 11/06/1894
Place of birth: Ireland
Date of death: 27/06/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: Brandhoek Military Cemetery (Ref. II. G. 2.), Belgium
Age: 22
Further information:
Ernest Rowan Butler Clough was born in Ireland on 11 June 1894. He was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Herrick Butler Clough of the Royal Munster Fusiliers and his wife, Gertrude Matilda of 34 Royal Crescent Clifton, Bristol. Ernest was admitted to the Grammar School in 1906. The 1911 Census shows the family living at The Grange, Alveston. In 1914 he was awarded a temporary commission, and from 1st July 1915 Ernest was commissioned into the 9th Devonshire Regiment but was later attached to the 11th Battalion Durham Light Infantry. He was serving as a Second Lieutenant when he died of shrapnel wounds on 27th June 1916. He was buried at the Brandhoek Military Cemetery in Belgium, but his name is also listed on the Alveston War Memorial and the war memorial at St Paul’s Church, Clifton. Further information is available on the website of the Durham Light Infantry (search for the name of Clough)
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Forces War Records, Thornbury Roots Website and CWGC