- First Name(s):Walter
- Surname:CLEMENTS
- Service Number:14363
- Rank:
Private
- Conflict:WW1
- Service:Army
- Army Sector:Infantry
- Regiment:Grenadier Guards
- Battalion:2nd Battalion
- Former Units:None
- Date of Death:25th September 1916
- Age At Death:
- Cause of Death:Killed in action
- Place of Death:Unknown
- Place of Burial:Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, France, Special Memorial 67.
- Place of Birth:Unknown
- Home Town:Unknown
- Casualty's Relatives:Unknown
CLEMENTS Walter Is Named On These Memorials
Further Information About CLEMENTS Walter
Walter Clements was born in Bromsgrove in 1888, the 4th and youngest son of 8 children of Thomas and Eliza Clements, nee Inston. The family resided at Aston Fields and later at St John’s Street, Bromsgrove.
1901 Census
Charford Road, Bromsgrove
Thomas Clements, head, age 57
Eliza Clements, wife, age 50
William Clements, son, age 17
Ann Clements, daughter, age 14
Walter Clements, son, age 12, born Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
In 1911 Walter Clements, age 22, born Bromsgrove, Worcestershire was a Private in the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards at St James Park, Westminster, London, occupation: Shoemaker.
After his discharge from the army, Walter became a policeman but remained on the army reserve. When war broke out in 1914 he was immediately mobilised and sent to France where he arrived on 23rd November 1914. His older brothers, John, Thomas Henry and William all served during the war.
Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Weekly Messenger, 28th October 1916:
Mr and Mrs T Clements of 3, St John’s Street, Bromsgrove have received information that their son, Private Walter Clements of the Grenadier Guards, was killed in action on September 25th. The deceased soldier, who was 28 years of age, was the youngest of four sons serving their country. He had been in the guards for ten years and at the time of the outbreak of war was on the reserve and was a policeman in Leeds. Prior to moving to St John’s Street, Mr and Mrs Clements had resided at Aston Fields for 25 years. Mr T Clements (father of the deceased) was himself an old guardsman. The family have received a letter from a comrade of the deceased in which the writer says:
“Private Clements’ death was instantaneous. He was killed by a bullet and felt no pain. A cross has been erected over his grave and he is buried close to where he fell. It may be some consolation for you to know that he was an excellent soldier and a very brave lad and his death is deeply felt by all the officers, N.C.O.’s and men of his company, who were all very proud of him.”