BORN HULL 1893. SON OF JANE “JENNIE” (PEARSON) & THE LATE RALPH NORTON (1855-1914), OF 74 WESTCOTT STREET, HULL (CWGC & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE LIVED IN HULL, BUT ENLISTED IN BLACKBURN. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 15358, EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 13TH LIVERPOOL REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/07/1917. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, JENNIE.
HE IS BURIED AT RED CROSS CORNER CEMETERY, BEUGNY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.
HIS BROTHER, ANDREW NORTON, WAS LOST ON THE TRAWLER, “SHAKESPEARE”, ON 07/02/1917, AGED 37.
First name:
CLARENCE
Regiment:
Military Number:
48984
Rank:
Private
Date Died
04/07/1917
Place died:
RED CROSS CORNER CEMETERY, BEUGNY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
Age:
23
74 , WESTCOTT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
