BORN HULL 05/11/1885. SON OF EMILY ADA CLAPPISON (1861-1935) & JAMES ANDREW CLAPPISON (1862-1906), OF 5 LILY AVENUE, GRANGE STREET, HULL. ELDEST OF FIVE CHILDREN.
HE WORKED AS A GAS STOVE FITTER, FOR THE BRITISH GAS LIGHT COMPANY, HULL.
HE MARRIED ETHEL MAY FLOWERDAY (24/5/1894-1996), AT HULL, IN 1916. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR CHILDREN, ENID MAY & WALTER REGINALD, AT 3, HENRY TERRACE, WEST PARADE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 5, PARK TERRACE, SEATON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS)
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 23399, 13TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 07/03/1917, AGED 31. HE IS BURIED AT ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “WORTHY OF EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE”.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE BRITISH GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY WAR MEMORIAL, KEPT AT THE FAKENHAM GAS WORKS MUSEUM, NORFOLK.
HE IS ALSO COMMEMORATED AT ST MARYS CHURCH, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL. WEEKLY WAR PENSION – 22/11.
| Name | Walter Henry Clappison |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull, 5 Nov 1885. Son of Emily Ada and the late James Andrew Clappison; husband of Ethel May Clappison of 3 Henry’s Terrace West Parade Hull. |
| Death Date | 7 Mar 1917 |
| Death Place | Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princes of Wales’ Own) |
| Battalion | 13th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 23399 |
| Type of Casualty | Died of wounds |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
