Lieutenant Colonel Henry Clowes

Lieutenant Colonel Henry Arthur Clowes
The Staffordshire Yeomanry
8 March 1916
Age 48

Lieutenant Colonel Clowes was married and lived at Norbury, Ashbourne, Derbyshire. He is buried at Cairo Military Cemetery.

The Staffordshire Yeomanry trained at Diss in Norfolk before heading out to Egypt in 1915. It was to remain in Egypt and Palestine until May 1918. The image shows members of the regiment at Burton-on-Trent, probably in 1915.

The unit had been occupied with patrols and guard duties but had not been in action in such at the time Lieutenant Colonel Clowes died – presumably due to an accident or disease.

Clowes was also a member of Arthur’s Club – a gentlemen’s club in St James that is no longer in existence. His name is on the war memorial in the Jermyn Street Church.

The Staffordshire Yeomanry has a museum in Stafford.
http://www.armymuseums.org.uk/museums/0000000139-Staffordshire-Yeomanry-Museum.htm