Charles Clements
Memorial: Alveston - St Helen's Church
Regiment: South Wales Borderers
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 17068
Parents: Charles and Elizabeth Clements
Marital status: Married
Home address: Aberbeeg, Monmouthshire
Pre-war occupation: Labourer (Abercon District Council) -1911
Date of birth: 1884
Place of birth: Itchington/Tytherington, Gloucestershire
Date of death: 20/02/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Ref. II. C. 160.), Nord, France
Age: 31
Further information:
On the 1891 Census, the family lived in Itchington near Tytherington and his father was a Blacksmith. By the time of the 1901 Census, the family had moved to Earthcott, Alveston with their 7 children and Charles occupation was a Stone Quarry man. By 1911 Charles was a boarder in Abercon, South Wales but his parents still lived in Alveston with their two youngest children (in total they had 11 children).
Charles married Sarah Elizabeth Williams in 2nd quarter 1915, Newport district, South Wales.
Charles served with the 6th South Wales Borderers and was Killed in Action on 20 February 1916.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis.
Forces War Records, CWGC and Ancestry.co.uk