Private 15576 William COLCLOUGH

Private 15576 William Colclough{gallery}Pte W Colclough{/gallery}9th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died from disease (fever) in the 33rd British General Hospital, Basra, Iraq, Mesopotamia, 4th July 1916, aged 16

• Buried: Basra War Cemetery, Iraq. Grave V.T.9
  
• Awarded 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of Thomas and Lizzie Colclough [nee Nadin] of Spencer’s Yard, Atherstone
• NNWFHS Memorial: Atherstone
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Colclough
• NNWFHS Atherstone War Memorial Page
• Basra War Cemetery 
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1899 at Stockport, Cheshire
• Lived at 27 Longton Street, Stockport [1901]
• Schoolboy living with his father and siblings in Atherstone in 1911
• Enlisted 6th Jul 1915