Alfred Calow

Male 1898 - 1938


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  • Name Alfred Calow 
    Birth Between 01 Jan and 31 Mar 1898  Clowne Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 01 May 1938  Clowne Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial 04 May 1938  Clowne Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I115  Calow/Doig family tree
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2016 

    Father Albert John Calow,   b. 17 Mar 1873, Sheffield Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Nov 1939, Clowne Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Alice Kenyon,   b. 02 Feb 1875, Anston, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jun 1912, Clowne Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Between 01 Jul and 30 Sep 1893  Worksop Registration District Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F80  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah Elizabeth Walker,   b. 24 Jul 1902, Featherstone, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jun 1976, Magull, Liverpool Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 29 Apr 1920  Clowne Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 
    • Married at Mount Zion Chapel, Clowne.
    Children 
     1. Joan Calow,   b. 25 Feb 1922, Worksop Registration District Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1994, Brighton Registration District Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. James Albert Ronald Calow,   b. Oct 1920, Worksop Registration District Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 01 Oct 2010 and 31 Dec 2010, Reading Registration District Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 89 years)
    Family ID F118  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Mar 2021 

  • Notes 
    • Source of birth and death: Gravestone at Clowne - died 1/5/38 aged40.
      At time of marriage lived at 134 North Road, Clowne.
      Estranged from his wife (probably through drink) and buried with his mother.
      Is said to have been beaten 'to a pulp' by his wife's father and brother. His drinking may have been a result of his war service.

      One of the first to enlist in the 1st World War at the age of 16. Saw service in Ireland in the Easter Uprising and on the Western Front in France, where he was twice wounded. At the age of 18 he was promoted to the rank of sergeant in the 2/6 Sherwood Foresters. Was later commissioned as a Second Lieutenant. He was later promoted to Lieutenant and served for the remaider of the war in the Tank Corps. He relinquished his commission in January 1919. He was one of the pioneers of the British Legion Branch in Clowne in 1922 and occupied every official position including Branch Secretary which he held for nearly 10 years. He served on the Parish Council and as a school manager until overtaken by ill health. He took a keen interest in social activities in the parish.

      Worked as an insurance man but either lost his job or resigned and went down the pit.

      Died of TB.

  • Sources 
    1. [S150] GRO Birth Index, Worksop, March quarter 1898, volume 7b, page 45.

    2. Footnote: Gravestone, Clowne.

    3. [S168] GRO Marriage Index, Worksop, September quarter 1893, vol.ume 7b page 64.

    4. Footnote: Marriage certificate.