Forename: John Charles
Surname: Clapham
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment: Rifle Brigade
Institution: St Paul’s Practising School
John Charles Clapham was born in 1887 and lived at 29 Victoria Street, St Paul’s, Cheltenham, with his wife Mrs F Clapham.
John became a Rifleman in the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade. He died of wounds on 18 September 1918, having been transferred back to England to a London hospital. He was 31 years old. John is buried at Cheltenham Cemetery, where his headstone reads “A silent thought, a secret tear, keeps his memory ever dear”.