Arthur Clamp
Arthur Clamp was an English professional footballer who made over 270 appearances in the Football League for Notts County. A centre half, "he possessed remarkable stamina and above all, excelled as a breaker-up of combination".
Personal life
The son of Thomas and Caroline Clamp, Clamp worked as a bricklayer and was married with children. In April 1918, during the final year of the First World War, Clamp was called up to serve as a private in the British Army. After a period with the Sherwood Foresters, he was transferred to the 7th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) upon his arrival in France. Within three days of his arrival in the trenches, he was seriously wounded at Trônes Wood during the Second Battle of the Somme. Clamp was evacuated to Britain, where he died in Stoke-on-Trent Military Hospital on 19 September 1918. He was buried with military honours in Church Cemetery, Nottingham.His great-grandson Steve Clamp became a journalist and presenter.