Name
George Henry Clements
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
29/08/1915
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
12067
Essex Regiment
"A" Company. 9th
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
GUNNERS FARM MILITARY CEMETERY
B.4
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Walkern War Memorial
Pre War
George was the son of David Clements of Stevenage Lane, Walkern.
Wartime Service
A former Under-Gamekeeper, he joined the Army at Saffron Walden on the 24th August 1914.
He was posted to France, with the Battalion, on the 30th May 1915. The Battalion arrived at Boulogne on the 1st June 1915 and moved to billets at Audenthun. After going through a period of preparation for life in the trenches the Battalion moved to Ploegstreert Wood on the 15th June 1915.
The Battalion were in trenches near Ploegstreert when George was killed. It is believed that he was shot by a sniper.
Additional Information
www.stevenageatwar.com
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson
