240152 Pte. Clifton Harold "Lou" Roat British Army 2nd Btn. Essex Regiment from:East Harling, Norfolk Clifton Roat joined the 1st Essex Regiment at the age of 22 years old. His first posting, on the 9th of October 1915 was to the Balkans, with the 2nd Battalion. On the 13th of January 1916 the Essex Regiment was evacuated from Gallipoli and moved to Egypt, where they stayed for 2 months. Later he was sent to France, where he was badly wounded, after he recovered in a military hospital he was sent back to the front line.
Then in April 1917 Clifton and his Battalion moved to Arras, where they were ordered to relieve the 87th Brigade at Monchy le Preux. On the 14th of April 1917, 208 men from the 1st Essex, including Clifton, were captured and taken prisoner. He then spent the rest of the war in a Prisoner of War camp at Gustrow in North East Germany.
On the 28th of March 1919 he was discharged as a class Z Reservist.
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