The Roll of Honour, Volume 1 : A biographical record of all members of His…

retreat from Antwerp in Oct. 1914, his motor car being the last British car but one to leave that city. On the return of the Naval Brigade he was stationed at the Crystal Palace training the Naval Reserves, and while on Active Service there in Feb. 1915, contracted epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis, from which he died at The Little Manor, Hertingfordbury, 2 Sept. following. He _m._ at St. James’, Spanish Place, W., 28 April, 1908, Ione (Penarwel, Llanbedrog, Pwllheli, North Wales), dau. of Major Oscar William de Satgé de Thoren, 45th and 38th Regt., and granddau. of Oscar Joseph de Satgé, 13th Baron de Thoren, of the Château de Thoren, Pyr. Or., France, and had three children: Ralph Dominic de Satgé, _b._ 18 Feb. 1909; Aymar Sinclair Joseph de Satgé, _b._ 6 July, 1912; and Eveline Mary Alice de Satgé, _b._ 26 May, and died 10 June, 1910. [Illustration: =Gerald Edward C. Clayton.=] =CLAYTON, ROBERT WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./13470, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =CLAYTON, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4542), S.S. 103649, I.C. 127, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =CLEAVER, SIDNEY=, Private, No. 7722, 1st Battn. Gloucester Regt., _s._ of Samuel Cleaver, by his wife, Mary; _b._ Bristol, 1884 or 1886; educ. Northgate Wesleyan School, Gloucester; enlisted 23 Aug. 1904; served for three years with the Colours, then passed into the Reserve; was employed prior to the outbreak of the war in the Celynen Colliery; mobilised 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 12 Aug. and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 26 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Gloucester, 30 Nov. 1909, Francis Sarah Ann (33, Swan Road, Kingsholme, Gloucester), dau. of Emanuel Charles Symonds, and had three daus.: Gwendoline Frances, _b._ 28 Dec. 1909; Mary Elizabeth, _b._ 13 Sept. 1911; and Iris May, _b._ 14 April, 1914. His Capt. wrote: “He was a plucky young soldier, always ready for anything--a man I could thoroughly trust. Only ten minutes before his death he had volunteered to go out with his platoon commander to reconnoitre some of the enemy trenches, a task requiring pluck, which was carried quite satisfactorily.” =CLELAND, MATTHEW=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8945), S.S. 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.