Clements William 1880

Willam Clements
1880-1950

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: July 1907 Eton

K comments: Brother Frederick served with the Dragoons and the Royal Tank Corps. .Brother Thomas served with the 1/4th Dorset Regt.in Mesopotamia.

Spouse comments: Ellen Elizabeth Cotterell born 26 MAY 1859  Penn Bucks

Birth 1880

4 Mar 1880 Langley Bucks.

1881 Census

George Green Bucks.

  1. John 30
  2. Sophia 30
  3. Matilda S 2
  4. John 2
  5. William 1
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
1911 Census

George Green Bucks.

William Clements 31 General Labourer (Tree felling)

Ellen Elizabeth Clements 51

Alfred Pettifer 22

WW1
Royal Garrison Artillery

William Clements Gunner 106832 Royal Garrison Artillery.

Note: Proof that this is the correct William Clements is the Absent Voters listing for 1918 and 1919 that gives his name number and address as George Green.

William is recorded to part of J  Anti Aircraft Battery in 1919 Absent voters list we do not have records of his service in detail but it can be assumed he was a Gunner with one or more of the RGA batteries throughout war.

 

This information provides some insight into J Battery and its movements

Two 13 pounder (13pdr), 9 Hundredweight (9cwt) anti-aircraft guns on a Mark IV Motor Lorry Mounting and Peerless Lorries seen in action at Cambrin, 13 March, 1918″.

“As of 1 July 1917, J Battery (19, 53, 88, 111 Sections) was in Second Army Anti-Aircraft Group. J Battery was transferred to the Fourth Army by December 1917 – Second Army had been sent to Italy. I’m not sure which armies they were attached to during 1918 but as Terry notes, they seem to have remained in France.

Each section had two thirteen-pounder AA guns. There were a few different types of 13-pounder, but this is the most likely. I’m not sure about the size of the unit, but given the size of a field artillery battery and assuming the proportion was about the same, they would probably have 50-70 men per section, and perhaps 250 men in a four-section battery?

Nine men in J Battery died during the war, five of them on the same day (13 August 1917)”

1919 Spring Absent Voters List

Langley Marish

William Clements George Green 106832 Gnr., R.G.A., J. A.A. Bty.  (Anti-Aircraft Battery)

 

Medals
Awarded British War Medal and Victory Medal
1939 Census

2 Albert Cottage George Green.

FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB SEX OCCUPATION MARITAL STATUS SCHEDULE
William Clements 04 Mar 1880 Male Country Roadman Married
Ellen E Clements 26 May 1859 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married

 

Death 1950

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