James Francis Clemo

This name is on St Mark's War Memorial, Kennington Oval, London SE11J. F. Clemo (James Francis Clemo) Service no 373319 Lance Corporal, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles), 2nd/8th Battalion Died age 33 on 30 October 1917 Son of George Clemo, of Handforth Road, Brixton; husband of Maud J. Clemo, of 47 Long Acre, London.

Remembered at Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Belgium

Information from the 1901 census

In 1901 James Clemo, then 16, lived at 2 Pearman Street, Lambeth and worked as a GPO (General Post Office) messenger. His father, George Clemo, 45, was a hospital porter, born in Tavistock, Devon; his mother, Caroline Clemo, 46, was born in Ermington, Devon. Maud Clemo, his sister, was a 21-year-old milliner, born in Ugborough, Devon. James's aunt, Elizabeth Budden, 28 and married, born in Ugborough, was at the house on the night of the census. James Clemo was born in Tavistock.