Private Gerhard Arnulf Klouman was a soldier of the British Army who died during the First World War.
He was born c. 1898, in Oslo, Norway, the son of Fredrick and Marie Klouman, who shortly after settled in England. By the time of the 1901 census, Klouman's father was working in Cheshire as a manger of a weighing machine factory.
Klouman died on 1 July 1916, on the first day of the Somme Offensive, while serving with the 15th (Service) Battalion (1st Leeds), The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment on the Western Front.
He has no known grave and is commemorated by the Thiepval Memorial.
References[]
- Ancestry.co.uk.
- Klouman, Gerhard Arnulf, cwgc.org. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
External Links[]
- Gerhard Arnulf Klouman 15/1215, leeds-pals.com. Retrieved 11 August 2013.