Bert Ronald Clements
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: Cheshire Regiment
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Private 14349126
Parents: Alfred John and Elizabeth Clements
Marital status: Married
Home address: 29 King Street, Kingswood, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Stone Sawyer
Date of birth: 29/05/1913
Place of birth: Bristol
Date of death: 14/04/1945
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Becklingen War Cemetery, Niedersachsen, Germany. Not commemorated on a local memorial
Age: 31
Further information:
Bert's Battalion (the 1st Battalion) fought in North Africa at Tobruk then transferred to the Western Front and took part in the crossing of the Rhine in March 1945. Bert was killed in action during The Final Offensive, just three weeks before Germany surrendered. Bert and ten other soldiers and three officers were killed in fighting in the town of Winsen, Lower Saxony Germany. The town was defended by the staff and students of a nearby anti-tank officers’ training unit who bombarded the British with rocket mortars but were eventually overcome by the Cheshires. Bert was initially buried at Winsen and transferred to Becklingen War Cemetery in 1946.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2018/12/21/invasion-of-germany-the-western-allies-final-offensive/