Clements, Herbert George

Herbert George was born in Ashwell Hertfordshire on 3 January 1888, the eldest son of Herbert and Anna Maria (nee Reynolds) Clements. He was a pupil at the Merchant Taylors School in Ashwell.

Herbert George, Regimental Number 890489, and his friend Sidney Walter Worboys, Regimental Number 890488, enlisted together in September 1915 with the Royal Field Artillery. They saw active service in Gallipoli and in 1917 the 386^th Battery 30^th Brigade was in Mesopotamia where many of the soldiers died of disease. Both Herbert and Sidney survived the War.

Herbert was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.

He is commemorated on the St Mary’s Church Ashwell Roll of Honour.

The 1911 census shows him as a farm labourer.

Herbert married Mary Philomena Price (nee Lee) on 29 October 1921. They had two children, Mary Elizabeth and Herbert Christopher both born on 13 December 1923.

The 1939 census shows them living at Buttway Cottages, Ashwell, with Herbert a farm horseman.

At the time of his death on 7 December 1968 Herbert was living at Buttway Cottages.

Two of Herbert’s brothers served in the War, Charles William and Harold Christopher, both survived.