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3 April 1917: Pte Clarence Atkins Brown

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Parents Joseph (a painter and ‘paperhanger’) and Jane (née Short) (a cotton weaver).  At the 1901 Census Clarence, age 4, was living at home (10, West Hill) in Colne with his parents, brother Arthur (3) and sister Eva (1) and his paternal grandmother and a visitor. All the adults worked in the cotton industry.  At the 1911 Census, age 14, Cla…