Clarence Leslie Stocks

He was the son of John Harry and Mary Eliza Stocks and the brother of Benjamin Thomas, Florence May, Ethel Eliza, Gladys, Harry and Mabel Winifred Stocks. In 1901 they lived at 11 Stansfield Terrace Stansfield Street and Mary Eliza later lived at 13 Graham Street (both Radford Boulevard All Souls Parish Nottingham).

Lance Corporal Clarence Leslie Stocks, enlisted in Nottingham and served with the 2nd Garrison Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, he died in Mesopotamia on 16th July 1917 of heat stroke and is buried in Basra War Cemetery.

In memoriam published 16th July 1918 in the Nottingham Evening Post :- “STOCKS. – In loving memory of Lance-Cpl. Clarence Stocks, who died in Mesopotamia July 16th, 1917. Ever in our thoughts. – Sorrowing mother, sisters, and brothers (serving).” Above in memoriam is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918