Lance Corporal 028066 John James Clements
Regiment/Unit: Royal Army Ordnance Corps - 123rd Coy.
Theatre of War: Egypt
Theatre of War First Served: (1)
Date Entered Therein: 11/07/1915
Previous Reg/Num: 16085, K.O.S.B.
Age at death: 28
Date of death: 24th of October 1918
(Thursday)
Born: Sutton, St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Patricroft, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Jerusalem War Cemetery - W. 8.
Census details:
1891 - 1 year old John J is living at 37 Harding Street, West Derby, Liverpool with parents Charles (23) and Henrietta (18).
Boarding at the address is Sarah Jones (22).
1901 - 11 years old John J is living at 8 Elizabeth Street, Patricroft, Lancs with parents Charles (32), Henrietta (28) and four siblings: Ann J (9), Charles (6), Harry (1), Thomas (1).
Also at the address is Charles seniors sister-in-law Margaret Carr (19) and niece Bertha Carr (7).
1911 - Sees 21 years old 'Striper & Grinder - Cotton' John J living at 43 Bridgewater Street, Winton, Patricroft with stepfather William Twigg (42), remarried mother Henrietta Twigg (39) and siblings Ann Jane Clements (19), Charles Clements (16).
Notes:
Age taken from census.
[pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/J-J_Clements.jpg[/pic][caption]Picture, thanks to Brummell at GWF[/caption]
SHROH ref. 2864