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| Jabez Benjamin Clare (photo with the permission of his nephew) |
3 March 1898 at Cudworth
Son of:
Joseph Clare b.1864 Bilston, Staffordshire d.1925 Cudworth, Yorkshire
married in 31 July 1882 Dudley, Staffordshire to
Betsy Whitehouse b.1864 in Sedgely, Staffordshire d.1915 Royston, Yorkshire
Position in family: The second youngest of 7 children
1. Joseph Clare b.1884 (a Methodist Minister in Iowa, USA)
2. Elizabeth Clare b.1887
3. William Clare b.1889
4. Thomas Clare b.1891 WW1 SERVICE
5. Phillip H Clare b.6 May 1895 WW1 SERVICE
6. Jabez Benjamin Clare b.3 March 1898 WW1 KILLED
7. Arthur Clare b.1901 (died in 1918 of influenza)
Home address, age and occupation:
1901: Carlton aged 3 years
1911: 7 Kings Road, Cudworth aged 13 years at School
Marriage: Jabez was unmarried
Military Service:
Enlisted: *date* at the age of 17 years
Regiment and Battalion: Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1st/5th Bn
Service number and rank: 4431 Private
Awards: Victory and British War Medals
Death: 5 July 1916 age 18 years
Buried at: Serre Road Cemetery No.2
Grave Reference: V C 14
Remembered:
Cudworth War Memorial, St John's Church, Cudworth
Cudworth Cemetery, Jabez Benjamin Clare KOYLI
Notes:
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| Barnsley Chronicle 12 August 1916 (thanks to Barnsley Archives) |
Jabez enlisted underage. The newspaper cutting on the right states that he spent his first day in the trenches on his eighteenth birthday.
According to a family story Philip Henry Clare saw his brother Jabez going into trenches as he was coming out and that was the last time he saw him.
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