William Alfred Clevely

Rank 
Private
Regiment 
Canadian Infantry
Date of death 
25 May 1915
Age of death 
22
Address 
30 Ranelagh Gardens
Ilford
IG1 3JR
Address source 
1911 Census
Cemetery / Memorial 
France
Biography 

William was born on 13th February 1892 in Clapham. He joined the school in September 1905, aged 13 years and 7 months old. He was the eldest of two sons of Alfred and Emma Clevely. His father was a draughtsman and the family lived at 74 Woodlands Road when he attended Ilford County High School. William had previously studied at Cranbrook College.

He enlisted as a private in the Canadian Infantry (4th Battalion of Central Ontario Regiment) and fought in France. He was killed in action on 25th May 1915 and was buried in the Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy in Northern France.

Research by Andrew Emeny, History Teacher at ICHS

Sources:

Ancestry.com

ICHS school records and magazines

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Note

Ilford County High School started life as the Park Higher Grade School in 1901 in Balfour Road, Ilford. It was renamed Ilford County High School (or initially County High School, Ilford) in the years after the school’s management was transferred from Ilford School Board to Essex Education Committee in 1904.