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Lieut Richard Bagnall Clegg

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Lieut Richard Bagnall Clegg Veteran

Birth
Sri Lanka
Death
18 Jul 1916 (aged 23)
Cambrin, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Burial
Cambrin, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Add to Map
Plot
O. 43.
Memorial ID
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Second Lieutenant Richard Bagnall Clegg
The Royal Engineers
15th Company

Aged 23
Son of Arthur Oliver Clegg and Amy Kate Pile Clegg

Educated at
St. Andrew's College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin
Graduated B.A. in Engineering

Assistant Engineer
Public Works Department,
Bombay,
India

At the outbreak of World War 1, he resigned his position in India and was commissioned into the Royal Engineers.

The London Gazette, 27 August 1915
Richard Bagnall Clegg to be temporary Second Lieutenant,
effective 28 August 1915.

The headstone on his parents grave notes that he died "while consolidating a mine crater".



His name is listed in
Dictionary of Irish Architects


His name is included in
Mount Jerome Cemetery War Memorial


Second Lieutenant Richard Bagnall Clegg
The Royal Engineers
15th Company

Aged 23
Son of Arthur Oliver Clegg and Amy Kate Pile Clegg

Educated at
St. Andrew's College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin
Graduated B.A. in Engineering

Assistant Engineer
Public Works Department,
Bombay,
India

At the outbreak of World War 1, he resigned his position in India and was commissioned into the Royal Engineers.

The London Gazette, 27 August 1915
Richard Bagnall Clegg to be temporary Second Lieutenant,
effective 28 August 1915.

The headstone on his parents grave notes that he died "while consolidating a mine crater".



His name is listed in
Dictionary of Irish Architects


His name is included in
Mount Jerome Cemetery War Memorial



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  • Maintained by: John
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56385607/richard_bagnall-clegg: accessed ), memorial page for Lieut Richard Bagnall Clegg (Sep 1892–18 Jul 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56385607, citing Cambrin Churchyard Extension, Cambrin, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; Maintained by John (contributor 47032041).