Lieutenant WOLFRED REEVE CLOUTMAN
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Engineers
178th Tunnelling Coy.
Date of Death
Died 21 August 1915
Age 25 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Twice Mentioned in Despatches
- Additional Info Killed in rescuing a Serjt. whom he carried on his shoulder 45 feet up a ladder from the bottom of a mine. As soon as the Serjt. was lifted off, this officer, overcome with foul gas, fell to the bottom. Son of Alfred B. and C.J. Cloutman, of Old Hall, 17, South Grove, Highgate, London. Born at Wealdstone, Harrow, Middx.
- Personal Inscription HE LIVES, HE WAKES 'TIS DEATH IS DEAD NOT HE!
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