In Memory Of

CLOVER, JOSEPH ALEXANDER

Service Details
Age:
 26
Date of Birth:
 1916-08-29
Service No:
 144846
Rank:
 Private
Regiment:
 Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
Former Regiment:
 formerly Rand Light Infantry
Date of Death:
 1942-11-01
Cause of Death:
 Shot while trying to escape from enemy prison camp in North Africa
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 12. D. 19.
Cemetery:
 TRIPOLI WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Libya
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 6 April 1944 pg. 1601
Son of the Reverend Alan and Margaret H. Clover, of Church Stretton, Shropshire, England. B.A. (Cantab.), Mus. B., A.R.C.O. Scholar of Emmanuel College. Born in Cambridge, England. A schoolteacher at Hilton College, Natal. Commemoration stone in Newport (St. Mary) Cemetery Essex.