Sergeant John Frederick Clewett
| Date of Birth | c1890 |
|---|---|
| Age at Death | 36 |
| Date of Death | 05/09/1916 |
| Service Number | 2518 |
| Military Service | |
| Merton Address | 22 Kirkley Road Merton Park |
| Local Memorial | Raynes Park Methodist Church |
Additional Information
John Frederick Clewett was the only son of John Frederick Clewett and his wife Elizabeth Coop.
John Frederick who was a coach-maker by profession married his wife Elizabeth Coop in January 1889 at the age of 22 years. The couple were living at Toxteth Park, Lancashire.
Their only son John Frederick was born in 1890 at Wolverton in Buckingham. His sister Florence was born in 1895.
The 1901 Census shows the family were living in Kingston upon Thames and by the time of the 1911 Census the family were now living in Merton, Surrey.
The 1911 Census reveals that John Frederick’s father was now working as a foreman and his son also called John Frederick at the age of 20 years was a stained glass artist. His sister Florence was still a student.
John Frederick enlisted in the army at Chelsea and at the time of his death had been promoted to Sergeant in the 1/18th Battalion County of London Irish Rifles.
Part of 5th London Brigade, 2nd London Division. Moved on mobilisation to St Albans area.
10 March 1915 : landed at Le Havre.
11 May 1915 : formation became 141st Brigade in 47th (2nd London) Division.He was killed in action at the age of 26.
History Information
This cemetery is really the extension of the communal cemetery, were the French army had buried over 1,000 men. The 46th (North Midland) Division took over the extension with this part of the line in March 1916, and their graves are in Rows A to F of Plot I. Successive divisions used the French military tramway to bring their dead in from the front line trenches and, from the first row to the last, burials were made almost exactly in the order of date of death. The attack of the 25th Division on Vimy Ridge in May 1916 is recalled in Plots I and II. The 60th (2nd/2nd London) Division burials (July to October 1916) are in Plot III, Rows A to H, and Canadian graves are an overwhelming majority in the rest of the cemetery, Plots V and VI containing the graves of men killed in the capture of Vimy Ridge in April 1917. The graves of eight men of the 51st (Highland) Division who had been buried by the 153rd Brigade in March 1916, in what became known as Bray Military Cemetery, due South of the Mount, between the hamlet of Bray and the Bois de Maroeuil, were moved after the Armistice in to Plot VIII, Row A. Ecoivres Military Cemetery contains 1,728 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. There are also 786 French and four German war graves.