494991 Sapper Clarence Walter Weaver, Royal Engineers

494991 SAPPER
CLARENCE WALTER WEAVER
Royal Engineers

by
Lieutenant Colonel Edward De Santis ©2008

Clarence Walter Weaver was born in Bristol. He enlisted as a Sapper in the Royal Engineers at Bristol for service in the Great War of 1914-1918. After enlisting, Weaver joined the 1^st Field Company, South Midland (48^th) Division and was assigned Regimental Number 494991. This company was raised in Gloucestershire. The designation of the 1^st Field Company was changed to the 476^th (South Midland) Field Company, Royal Engineers in February of 1917.

The 48^th Division was deployed to France and Flanders in 1916 and served in the following major actions:

Albert (The Somme) 1^st to 13^th July 1916

Bazentin 14^th to 17^th July 1916

Pozieres 23^rd July to 3^rd September 1916

Ancre 13^th to 18^th November 1916

In the spring of 1917 the 476^th Field Company was reassigned to the 61^st Division in France and Flanders. Sapper Weaver took part in the following major actions after this transfer of this company:

Langemarck 16^th to 18^th August 1917

Cambrai 20^th November to 3^rd December 1917

St. Quentin 21^st to 23^rd March 1918

Rosieres 26^th to 27^th March 1918

Estaires 9^th to 11^th April 1918

Hazebrouck 12^th to 15^th April 1918

Bethune 18^th April 1918

Sapper Weaver died on the 1^st of September 1918 while his company was preparing for the Battle of the Selle. Weaver was buried in Cologne Southern Cemetery, Grave XIV.E.14.

SOURCES:

Battle Honours of the Royal Engineers. The Royal Engineers Journal. The Institution of Royal Engineers, 1925-1932.
HMSO. Soldiers Died in the Great War.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission web site.