Private Frederick Clear
Photographs courtesy of the Clear family.
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Fred with his nephew Brian and sister-in-law Dot (his brother Tom's wife).
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Private Frederick Clear
Royal Norfolk Regiment
Died between 27th and 28th May, 1940
Aged 21
Son of Benjamin and Emily Clear, of Suffield Park, Cromer, Norfolk
Inscription - Deep in our hearts a memory is kept of a dear son and brother who is now at rest.
Royal Norfolk Regiment
Died between 27th and 28th May, 1940
Aged 21
Son of Benjamin and Emily Clear, of Suffield Park, Cromer, Norfolk
Inscription - Deep in our hearts a memory is kept of a dear son and brother who is now at rest.
Bob Brown Remembers Fred Clear in his memoires (used courtesy of Bob Brown).
The signal platoon had moved out to Thursley in Surrey: "Off duty we used to go for walks and go to Haslemere, a small town about three mile away. The road ran almost round the Devil’s Punchbowl, a huge depression in the ground and at the bottom was a house. Fred Clear had a sister living in Haslemere and he used to visit while we went to the pictures."
At the River Escaut
"I went to A Company with a message and whilst there went to talk to Fred Clear. As there was not a telephone man he was doing the duty as an infantry man. He told me to look carefully over the top of his position, in the open space between us and the wood were piles of German soldiers. He said they had been coming over so thick that it was impossible to miss them and the Bren gunners had just fired straight ahead."
Defending Le Paradis
"Fred Clear and a few others that were left of A Company got through to us and took up position along a wall after putting bales of straw behind them to stop the blast of bombs and shells."
The signal platoon had moved out to Thursley in Surrey: "Off duty we used to go for walks and go to Haslemere, a small town about three mile away. The road ran almost round the Devil’s Punchbowl, a huge depression in the ground and at the bottom was a house. Fred Clear had a sister living in Haslemere and he used to visit while we went to the pictures."
At the River Escaut
"I went to A Company with a message and whilst there went to talk to Fred Clear. As there was not a telephone man he was doing the duty as an infantry man. He told me to look carefully over the top of his position, in the open space between us and the wood were piles of German soldiers. He said they had been coming over so thick that it was impossible to miss them and the Bren gunners had just fired straight ahead."
Defending Le Paradis
"Fred Clear and a few others that were left of A Company got through to us and took up position along a wall after putting bales of straw behind them to stop the blast of bombs and shells."
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