Clements Thomas Henry 1891

Thomas Henry CLEMENTS

1891-1951

Father Nm:   John Clements born JANUARY 1849 • Langley, Buckinghamshiredied  OCTOBER 1909 Eton, Buckinghamshire

Mother Nm:Sophia Blinco [541] born 12 January 1851 Langley Marish died 1911

Marriage Dt:

1. 1915 Eton RD to Alice Elizabeth Betts b.1890 Stoke Poges died 1928 Eton
2. 1929 Eton RD to Florence A Overshott b. 1888

K comments:Brother William served with the Royal Garrison Artillery.Brother Frederick served with the 5th Dragoon Guards and stayed in the Army until 1929.

Spouse comments: .Alice Elizabeth Betts 1890 (Eton RD)-1992 (Reading and Wokingham), note in 1911 lived at Rose And Crown Uxbridge Rd, Stoke Poges, Nr Slough, Bucks died 1928 Eton

Children: by Alice E Betts- Thomas Henry Eton RD 1916, Margaret Emma Eton RD 1917, Gwendoline M Eton RD 1920.

BIRTH 17 March 1891

George Green, Bucks.

1891 CENSUS

George Green Bucks.

1. John 41
2. Sophia 42
3. Matilda 12
4. John 12
5. William 11
6. Charlotte 9
7. Mary Eliza 7
8. Alfred 2
9. Thomas Henry 2 months

1901 CENSUS

George Green

John Clements	52
Sophia Clements	49
Matilds S Clements	22
Mary E Clements	16
Alfred Clements	12
Thomas H Clements	10
Hester J Clements	8
Frederick Clements	5
Edith A Clements	1

1911 CENSUS

Next to Green Man, George Green, Langley.

Name	Age
Sophia Clements	62
Thomas Clements	20
Ester Clements	18
Frederick Clements	15
Edith Clements	11

WW1

Thomas Clements Private 204061 1/4th Dorset Regt.

Note: Some fragments of Thomas Pension records exist which along with medal card give the 1/4th Dorsets as his only Regiment. It should be noted that on 23 February 1916 the 1/4th Dorsets landed at Basra with 42nd Indian Brigade and remained in Mesopotamia for the rest of the war.

1915

Thomas may have applied earlier to join up in 1915,  a later document gives address in 1915 as Uxbridge Rd. Stoke Poges Buckinghamshire.

1917

• 23 June- Thomas Attests at Cowley Barracks Oxford and this is signed signed by an officer of Oxon and Bucks Regiment.
• Thomas is posted to I/4th Dorsetshire Regiment Depot and at unreadable location but must have either been in Mesopotamia or there shortly after.

  

• 27-28th Sept. “In late September 1917 they played a decisive part in the battle of Ramadi on the Euphrates, capturing with two Gurkha battalions the ridge that dominated the Turkish position.  The 1/4th‘s part in this success was specifically mentioned in the official despatch. ” Casualties 27 killed.
  • The 12th and 42nd Indian Brigades swung left to the Euphrates Valley Canal between the Euphrates and Lake Habbaniyah.They secured the dam across the canal by 15:00 on 28 September.Their advance in the intense heat was made possible by a water supply chain that Brooking had established using 350 Ford vans, which transported over 63,000 litres (14,000 gallons) of water on 28 September alone.
  • At 09:15, large numbers of Turks began surrendering to the Garhwalis at the bridge; by 09:30, as the rest of the British force advanced towards the mud walls of Ramadi, “white flags went up all along the enemy’s line”.By 11:00 the Turkish commander, Ahmed Bey, and the rest of the garrison had surrendered.

    

    

 

 

1918

• 23rd March 1918, the Dorsets played a leading part in capturing Khan Baghdadi, where 5,000 Turks were taken prisoner.

1919

• 10th October discharged medically unfit graded 90% disability and Army pension granted. Home still registered as Uxbridge Rd Stoke Poges.

1919

• At the end of the war a draft from the 1/4th was sent to Salonika while the rest of the Battalion returned to England for demobilisation.

After the War

1929

Thomas remarries in Stoke Poges to Florence Overshott. Not sure if a Widower or not.

1939 Census

Old School House Cottage, Eton R.D., Buckinghamshire, England

	Thomas H	Clements	07 Jan 1916	Male	Gardener	Single
	Thomas H	Clements	19 Mar 1891	Male	Builders Labourer	Married
	Florence A	Clements	16 Oct 1888	Female	Unpaid Domestic Work	Married

Death 1951

Eton RD Vol 6a Page 281

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