105660, H.M.S Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLEMENS, ARCHIBALD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10709), 208488, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLEMENTS, BERT RICHARD=, L.-Corpl., No. 14488, 2nd Battn.
Grenadier Guards, only surviving _s._ of William Clements, late
of the King’s Royal Rifles (who served in the Afghan campaign and died
31 May, 1908), by his wife, Elizabeth (30, Brook Street, Barry Dock,
Cardiff), dau. of William Western; _b._ Barry Dock, near Cardiff,
20 April, 1892; educ. Council Schools, Barry Dock; was for two years a
telegraph boy at the Barry Dock Post Office; enlisted in the R.G.A.,
but being an only son was claimed out by his mother; then enlisted
in the Grenadier Guards at Cardiff Barracks, 2 Jan. 1909; saw three
years’ service with the Colours, and afterwards joined the Cardiff
City Police Force. On the outbreak of war he was called up, 5 Aug.
1914, went through the retreat from Mons and the Battle of the Aisne,
and was killed in action at Ypres by shrapnel, 7 Nov. 1914; buried at
Zillebeke, near Ypres; _unm._
[Illustration: =Bert Richard Clements.=]
=CLEMENTS, BERTRAM SARGENT=, Leading Seaman, 168315, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLEMENTS, JACK=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./12014, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=CLEMENTS, THOMAS HAROLD=, Trooper, No. 2803, 2nd Life Guards,
_s._ of the late Robert Henry Clements, by his wife, Harriett (St.
Mary’s Street, Monmouth), dau. of Richard Smith; _b._ Monmouth,
17 Oct. 1892; educ. Grammar School there (1907–1911), winning several
scholarships. He joined the Army, 17 Oct. 1911, and went to the Front,
15 Aug. 1914. On the night of 12 May, 1915, he was in the trenches
at Potijze, and was under very heavy shell fire for three hours. The
trenches were blown in, and while returning to the support trenches,
he was struck by shrapnel and killed instantly. He was buried at
Potijze, 1 mile north-east of Ypres; _unm._ Trooper Clements was
an excellent athlete, and one of the finest forwards of the school
Rugby football team, his work in the open and at the line-outs being
particularly good, besides being a fearless tackler. He also played
several times for the Monmouth Rugby Club. While at the school he
secured prizes at the sports, and in last year won the mile in 5 mins.
28 secs., and secured second place in the open hurdles. In 1910 he
rowed in the school crew and also was a member of the crew in 1911
which defeated Hereford Cathedral School at Hereford by three lengths,
this being the first victory for the Monmouth crew for some years. The
triumphant crew led from the start. When Trooper Clements joined the
Guards he interested himself in the regimental athletics and was a
member of their team which was defeated in the final Army Cup, 1912–13
season. He was for many years a member of the parish church choir and
also a server.
[Illustration: =Thomas Harold Clements.=]
=CLEMSON, GEORGE ERNEST=, 1st Class Stoker, R.F.R.B., 8133,
Ch/S.S. 103962, 4th _s._ of the late Thomas Thornhill Clemson,
Cowman, by his wife, Ellen Matilda (Syneham, near Chipping Norton,
Oxford) (College Farm, Milton-under-Wychwood, Oxon), dau. of
Charles Stone; _b._ Idbury, 26 Aug. 1883; educ. Chilson, near
Charlbury; joined the Navy, and at the time of the outbreak of war
was a Reservist. He was lost in the North Sea when H.M.S. Cressy was
torpedoed, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =George Ernest Clemson.=]
=CLERK, SMOLLETT DAVID MACGREGOR=, Private, No. 1388, B Coy.,
1/4th Battn. (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles) Royal Scots, (T.F.), elder
_s._ of Claude Louis Clerk, employed in the Eastern Extension
Telegraph Co., Singapore, by his wife, Lily (158, Braid Road,
Edinburgh), dau. of the late David Aitken, of Gourock, Scotland,
Advocate, Solicitor and Notary Public, Straits Settlements; _b._
Singapore, 25 April, 1895; educ. George Watson’s College, Edinburgh,
and in 1911 entered the National Bank of Scotland. On the outbreak of
war, he enlisted in the Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles, Royal Scots, left
with the 1/4th Battn. for the Dardanelles, and was killed in action at
Gallipoli, 28 June, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Smollett D. M. Clerk.=]
=CLERY, CARLETON LUMLEY ST. CLAIR=, 2nd Lieut., Indian Army,
attached 4th Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt., elder _s._ of Col.
Carleton Buckley Laming Clery, 104th Wellesley’s Rifles, Indian Army,
C.B., by his wife, Jessie Violet, dau. of C. P. Fielon, and nephew of
Lumley Clery, of Riverdene, Broxbourne; _b._ Burmah, 5 Dec. 1895;
educ. Malvern College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, when
he passed into the Indian Army. On the outbreak of war he was attached
to the 4th Battn. of the Liverpool Regt., 15 Aug. 1914; went to the
Front, 5 March, 1915, and had only been there a week when he was killed
in action, being struck by a shell at Richebourg St. Vaast, Flanders,
12 March, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Carleton L. St. C. Clery.=]
=CLEVERLEY, ALBERT ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 15596, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=CLIFF, ARTHUR JAMES=, Carpenter’s Crew, M. 4114, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=CLIFF, HERBERT THEODORE=, Major, 3rd Battn. West Yorkshire Regt.,
yst. _s._ of William Dewhirst Cliff, of Meanwood Towers, Leeds,
by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of James Wade; _b._ Highfield House,
Wortley, Leeds; educ. Cothill (Abingdon) and Repton College; joined the
Militia in 1901, and was promoted Capt. Aug. 1901; when the Militia
was disbanded he joined the Special Reserve of Officers, receiving
his majority 19 May, 1913. He served in the South African war, and
was specially selected for accelerated promotion, and remained as
Musketry Inspector till the post was done away with; and also in the
Mediterranean, receiving a medal. On the outbreak of the European war
he rejoined, and left with his regt. for the Front at the end of Sept.
1914. On the morning of 13 Oct. he was wounded, but he fought gallantly
and refused to give in, and officers present at the time spoke with
great praise of his bravery. Later the same day he was killed by a
shell. Major Cliff was a keen sportsman, and played frequently for the
Yorkshire Gentlemen, of which cricket club he was a member for many
years; he was also a regular follower of the Bramham Moor, York and
Ainsty, and Lord Middleton’s hounds. He _m._ at Walton-on-Thames,
Mary Alice, dau. of Arnold Trinder, of River House, Walton-on-Thames,
and had a son, Anthony Dewhirst, _b._ 15 Aug. 1913.
[Illustration: =Herbert Theodore Cliff.=]
=CLIFF, WALTER=, A.B. (R.F.R. A. 3958), 144621, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CLIFFE, NICKOLAS HENRY=, Private, No. 14700, Fort Garry Horse,
attd. 10th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late
William Cliff, of Fleece Inn, Preston, Publican, by his wife, Alice,
dau. of John Burton; _b._ Preston, co. Lancaster, 15 July, 1881;
enlisted in the Loyal North Lancashire Regt. at the time of the South
African War, and served through that campaign, afterwards going to
Canada and settling in Winnipeg. After the outbreak of the European
War he joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Sept. 1914, and was
killed in action at Festubert, 22 May, 1915; _unm._
=CLIFFORD= (formerly =WILLIAMS=), =ANTHONY CLIFFORD=,
B.A., M.B., B.C., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Lieut., Reserve of Officers,
3rd Dragoon Guards, yst. _s._ of the late Rev. Henry Williams.
M.A., C.M.S. Missionary in India, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of the
Rev. John Bryant Clifford, Vicar of St. Matthew’s, Kingsdown, Bristol;
_b._ Bristol, 13 July, 1888; educ. St. Oswald’s School, Clifton,
and Marlborough; went to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1900, when he
took the name of Clifford. He belonged to the University O.T.C., and
after taking his B.A. degree, went to Guy’s Hospital in 1909, where
he took his M.B., and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. Reserve of Officers, 18
May, 1912. At the outbreak of war he had just qualified as a doctor,
but was called up for active service; was attached to the 3rd Dragoon
Guards; went to the Front as a machine-gun officer in May, and was
killed in action at Hooge, 2 June, 1915. He was remounting his gun in
a new position after the first position had been blown in, when he was
shot through the head and killed instantly. Buried in the annexe of the
churchyard at Vlamertinghe. Trooper W. Spencer in a letter home wrote:
“A hundred shells fell in twenty minutes around our left Maxim gun.
Lieut. Clifford timed them as cool as a cucumber, with his watch in his
hand. This brave officer lost his life later in the day. Our officers
worked like heroes. They were Capt. Holt and Lieut. Clifford.”
[Illustration: =Anthony C. Clifford.=]
=CLIFTON, FREDERICK CHARLES=, E.R.A., 4th Class, 272033, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=CLIFTON, HAROLD NORTON=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, yr. _s._ of William Edward Clifton, of 7, East India
Avenue, London, E.C., Architect and Surveyor, and 12, Cambridge Square,
Hyde Park, London, W., Fellow of the Royal Institute of British
Architects and of the Surveyors’ Institution, by his wife, Isabel, dau.
of the late James Nelson, of Carlisle; _b._ 32, Ashley Gardens,
Westminster, 7 May, 1894; educ. St. Peter’s Court, Broadstairs, and
Harrow; joined the Artists’ Rifles in 1913, and went with the Corps
to France in Oct. 1914, as a Corpl., obtaining a commission in the
Coldstream Guards, 1 Jan. 1915. He was severely wounded at Cuinchy,
near La Bassée, 25 Jan. 1915, and died of his wounds in a German field
hospital, 1 Feb. following, and was buried at Billy Berclau, near La
Bassée; _unm._ At Harrow, 2nd Lieut. Clifton was in the Sixth
Form, a school monitor, head of his house (Druries), a member of the
football eleven, captain of the swimming and middle-weight boxer for
the school for two years, competing in the Public Schools Competition
at Aldershot. He was also a member of the Richmond Football Club.
[Illustration: =Harold Norton Clifton.=]
=CLIFTON, HERBERT PERCIVILLE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B.
4555), S.S. 103666, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel,
on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CLIFTON, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 2938, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLINTON, RICHARD=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 296947, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLOSE, MAX ARTHUR=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Highland L.I., elder
_s._ of George Arthur Close, of Westbury, East Finchley, N.
by his wife, Sarah, dau. of the late William Swift, of Smethwick,
Staffordshire; _b._ Stroud Green, co. Middlesex, 14 Sept. 1889;
educ. Christ’s College, Finchley, and afterwards in France and Germany.
He joined the 1st Battn. Artists’ Rifles in 1908, and on the outbreak
of the war, volunteering for foreign service, was sent to France in
Oct. 1914. He did his probationary work in the 2nd Border Regt. at
Ypres in Nov. 1914, and was gazetted to the 1st Battn. Highland L.I.,
1 Jan. 1915, and promoted Lieut. While gallantly leading his platoon
in an attack from Neuve Chapelle on 12 March, 1915, he was hit in
the head, and died shortly afterwards. He was buried outside the
trenches, south-east of Neuve Chapelle; _unm._ Col. E. R. Hill,
officer commanding 1st Highland L.I., wrote: “In him we mourn one
more of those gallant fellows who responded so promptly to the call
of duty and set an example to the country.” Lieut.-Col. H. A. R. May,
officer commanding Artists’ Rifles, also wrote: “Your son unswervingly
persisted in carrying out what he conceived to be his duty. He
splendidly upheld all the best traditions of the British Army, and
he won the esteem of all with whom he came in contact. His name will
always be remembered by us with pride.”
[Illustration: =Max Arthur Close.=]
=CLOUGH, ALEXANDER JAMES=, Chief Stoker, 291102, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=CLOUGH, THOMAS WOODHEAD=, Private, No. 2017, C. Coy. 14th
Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of
Thomas Woodhead Lister Clough, of 8, Marsfield Terrace, West Bowling,
Bradford, co. Yorks, retired Milk Dealer, by his wife, Alice (died
17 Feb. 1914), dau. of William (and Martha) Downes; _b._ West
Bowling, 31 Dec. 1887; educ. Marshfield School, where he gained
certificates entitling him to give lessons in shorthand, typing, etc.;
and after serving 7 years with Messrs. Wright and Morgan, solicitors,
Bradford and Shipley, secured an important position in their London
Office. He had joined the Manchester Territorials, 15 Jan. 1912,
and was transferred to the London Scottish, 31 Jan. 1914. On the
outbreak of war the London Scottish at once volunteered for foreign
service and were the first Territorial Force to go into action. In a
letter to his father dated 30 Oct. (found subsequent to his death and
forwarded 18 Nov.) he wrote: “Our regt. are now in the firing line.
We joined it here yesterday. The big guns of the Germans are banging
away whilst I am writing this letter. Sir John French has just sent
for us. Good-bye. Don’t worry. Love to all. Your affectionate Son,
Thomas.” He was mortally wounded in the great charge of the London
Scottish at Messines, France, 31 Oct. 1914, and died at the 1st
London General Hospital, St. Gabriel College, Camberwell, S.E., from
gunshot wound in the groin, Sunday, 18 Nov. following, and was buried
in Camberwell Borough Cemetery; _unm._ Lieut.-Col. Malcolm,
commanding the London Scottish, wrote to Private Clough’s father: “No
commanding officer could have had under his command a braver or more
gallant soldier than your son, who so nobly gave his life for his
country.” On this occasion F.M. Sir John French telegraphed to Col.
Malcolm: “I wish you and your splendid, splendid regt. to accept my
warmest congratulations and thanks for the fine work you did yesterday
at Messines. You have given a glorious lead and example to all
Territorial troops who are going to fight in France,” and in forwarding
it Major-General E. H. Allenby, G.O.C. Cavalry Corps, wrote: “The
behaviour of officers and men of the London Scottish was worthy of the
best traditions of British Regular troops. Only their steadiness and
courage saved a situation that was as difficult and critical to deal
with as will ever occur.”
[Illustration: =Thomas W. Clough.=]
=CLOUGHLEY, JOSEPH ERNEST=, Private, No. 47828, 15th Battn. (48th
Canadian Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of
Thomas Henry Cloughley, of Barrie, Ontario, Canada; _b._ Colwell,
Ontario, 31 March, 1893; enlisted in the 37th Battn. at Barrie in Dec.
1914; was transferred to the 17th Battn., on landing in England in
June, and on 17 July was drafted to the 15th Battn. and sent to the
Front. He died in No. 1 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, 6 Nov.,
1915, of wounds received in action. A comrade in writing home spoke of
him as “such a brave, courageous fellow, ever found willing and ready
to render assistance whenever necessary.”
[Illustration: =Joseph E. Cloughley.=]
=CLOVER, REGINALD WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R. B. 6552), 202676, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLUBLEY, IRIS=, 1st Class, K. 9588, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that
ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=CLUTTERBUCK, HENRY=, Capt., 1st Battn. King’s Own Royal Lancaster
Regt., eldest _s._ of the late James Jacques Clutterbuck, of
Hampton Lovett, Droitwich, formerly of Gloucester, by his wife,
Elizabeth Anna, dau. of Rudolph Appell; _b._ Chacewater, Cornwall,
23 Jan. 1874; educ. King Edward’s School, Birmingham; enlisted in the
Coldstream Guards, 28 July, 1893, became L.-Corpl. 22 June, 1894;
Corpl. 22 May, 1896; L.-Sergt. 12 Dec. 1896; Sergt. 1 Dec. 1897, and
Orderly Room Sergt. 1 Dec. 1897. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the
Yorkshire L.I. 25 Aug. 1900, and was promoted Lieut. 23 Nov. 1901, and
Capt. in the Royal Lancashire Regt. 20 Nov. 1907. He served in the
South African War, 1899–1902, being attached to the Army Service Corps
from 1 June, 1901. He took part in the advance on Kimberley, including
the actions at Belmont, Enslin, Modder River and Magersfontein. He
was present during the operations in the Orange Free State, including
those at Paardeberg (17–26 Feb.), and the actions at Poplar Grove,
Driefontein, Karee Siding, Vet River (5–6 May) and Zand River. He was
also in the operations in the Transvaal, May to Sept. 1900, and from
Nov. 1900 to May, 1902, and received the Queen’s medal with six clasps
and the King’s medal with two clasps. Capt. Clutterbuck was Adjutant
to the King’s Own Malta Regt. from 20 June, 1904, to 9 July, 1909, and
afterwards served in India, interesting himself in the welfare of the
soldiers, and in encouraging temperance and thrift among them, and was
commended by the Commander-in-Chief of India for his work. He was to
have taken up the appointment of Garrison Adjutant at Bordon, 1 Oct.
1914, but on the outbreak of war, left for France, 21 Aug. and was
killed in action at Haucourt, France, between Le Cateau and Cambray,
26 Aug. 1914, and was buried in the cemetery there. Capt. Clutterbuck
was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s despatch of 21 Aug.
[London Gazette, 19 Oct.], 1914, “for his conspicuous bravery under
heavy shell fire, and his gallantry in leading bayonet charges.” A
brother officer wrote: “On the fateful 20 Aug., Capt. Clutterbuck, Mr.
........ and self were in a village, and about 8.30 p.m. about 150
Germans made a night attack on us. Just when the attack was starting
Capt. Clutterbuck came up with about 50 men to help, as things looked
bad. Capt. Clutterbuck then performed an act of great gallantry; he
personally led 15 men with Mr. ........ to drive about 50 of the
Germans away from a church where our wounded were. They called upon
Capt. Clutterbuck to surrender; he would not, and I am afraid was then
instantaneously killed. He had absolutely no suffering and his body
was taken into the church.... This act of Capt. Clutterbuck’s was most
gallant, he would not entertain anybody else doing the noble work which
he did, thereby saving the lives of most of us....” Another officer
wrote: “I thought perhaps you might care to hear from me, as I was with
your husband the whole of the first day. He and I lay under very heavy
shell fire, with about 100 men, for the whole morning and afternoon,
and it was entirely through his influence that we kept the men together
at all. After dark we went down to a village in order to turn some
Germans out with about 30 men, which was all we could collect. We met
them there in force, your husband ordered and led a charge against
them which was so successful and well led by him that we cleared the
village. He was shot leading us against a party a great deal stronger
than our lot, who were at one end of a street. Throughout the day he
was perfectly marvellous and cheerful in the worst times, and the
men have since told me when talking about it, that his coolness and
gallantry in leading charges in the street fighting was extraordinary.
Of course, he was exactly the sort of officer who has made our regt. as
famous as it is.” He _m._ at Valletta, Malta, 27 April, 1908, Cora
Gwendoline Rajaela, yst. dau. of the late Gerard Myburgh, of Orange
Grove, Cape Town, Consul-General for the Netherlands in South Africa;
_s.p._
[Illustration: =Henry Clutterbuck.=]
=COARD, HENRY HAROLD=, Private, No. 13245, B Coy., 1st Battn.
King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., 2nd _s._ of John Henry Coard, Postman,
Raheney, co. Dublin, by his wife, Annie, dau. of the late Henry Moore,
of Dundrum, Dublin; _b._ Raheney, co. Dublin, 2 April, 1889; educ.
Howth Road School, Clontarf; was foreman gardener to the Earl of Mar
and Kellie at Alloa Park, but on the outbreak of war left and joined
the Colours, 1 Sept. 1914; went to the Front in January, 1915, took
part in the fighting at Neuve Chapelle and Hill 60 and the first and
second Battles at Ypres, and was killed in action during the latter,
near Hooge, 8 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Henry Harold Coard.=]
=COATES, GEORGE BERNARD=, Private, No. 148, 5th Battn. 2nd
Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of George
Coates, of Sproatley, near Hull, Gardener; by his wife, Eleanor, dau.
of W. Mason, of Hull; _b._ Wyton, Hull, East Yorkshire, 12 May,
1891; educ. Sproatley Endowed School; was for some time in the Halifax
Territorials; went to Australia 6 June, 1913; joined the Australian
Imperial Force at Melbourne on the outbreak of war and was wounded in
the left arm at the landing at Suvla Bay on 25 April, 1915. He was
invalided to Malta, but returned to the firing line about the end of
July, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 9–10 Aug., 1915;
_unm._
=COATSWORTH, EDGAR=, Corpl., No. 8058, B. Coy., 2nd Battn. Royal
Sussex Regt., 2nd _s._ of Arthur Thomas Coatsworth, of 20, Earl
Street, Maidstone, a Corpl. in the National Reserve Guard; _b._
Maidstone, 5 Aug. 1887; educ. St. Faith’s Schools there; enlisted 16
Aug. 1904, and after serving seven years with the Colours, passed into
the Reserve and became a postman at Marden, Kent. He was called up on
the outbreak of war; was promoted Corpl. early in Jan. 1915; went to
France and was killed in action at Richebourg l’Avoué, 9 May, 1915. His
Coy. Sergt.-Major in a letter of sympathy to his wife said that he was
killed whilst gallantly leading his men in the attack on the enemy’s
trenches, and added “he was a great favourite of all the men of his
platoon, who speak very highly of his conduct when under a very heavy
shell fire.” He _m._ at St. Faith’s Church, Maidstone, 17 March
(--), dau. of William Cummings, and had two children: Edgar, _b._
5 July, 1912, and Marian, _b._ 21 Aug. 1913.
=COBB, ARTHUR VICTOR JUBILEE=, Signal Boy, J. 24845, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=COBB, JOHN WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 1345), 206567,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=COBBETT, ALBERT=, A.B., J. 14137, Devonport, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.