St Clement war memorial

St Clement parish war memorial

The Parish of Clement memorial to those born or living in the parish at the outbreak of the Great War is in front of the Parish Hall at Le Hocq, slightly to the west of the round tower.

There are 22 names of men who gave their lives in the Great War and a further 13 who died during the Second World War listed on the memorial. The inscription reads: A La Memoire Des Paroissiens De Saint Clement Morts Pour La Patrie

The memorial is made of granite, with a central stone tablet having the inscription and lists of men’s names on it. It also has the Parish of St Clement’s emblem, an anchor, carved above the inscription.

There is a granite arm either side of the tablet, the design being circular. In the middle of the circle is a granite sun dial. Flower baskets hang from both the granite arms.

• Arnold, H A
• Blondel, J
• Bruce, W A McC
• Dauvin, A R A
• Durell, E J LeV, dit
• Elliott, H W
• Guillard, F McC
• Hamon, W
• Harding, N J
• Jeffries, E W
• Le Masurier, C G
• Le Vesconte, J T
• Noel, H C
• Norman, A P
• Paine, F L E
• Peschard, C
• Pirouet. A F J
• Rabet, J B
• Richomme, A G
• Syvret, E H
• Vallois, E A
• Vallois, F L

Individual stories

Frederick McClean Guillard

A particularly unlucky man listed on the memorial is Frederick McClean Guillard. He joined the Navy three and half years before his death and served throughout the war as a Joiner 4th Class. On 4 February 1919 he was killed as HMS Penarth, the minesweeper he was serving on, struck a mine off the Yorkshire coast. He was only 20 when he died. The son of James Frederick Guillard, of Anchor Lodge, St Clement , he is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

Herbert Charles Noel

Herbert Charles Noel was a Corporal in the Royal Marine Light Infantry serving aboard HMS Viknor when, on 13 January 1915, it was lost at sea with all hands, probably having hit a German mine off the north-west coat of Ireland.

He was the son of Clement Charles and Ellen, nee Wakeham, of Greve d'Azette, and he was married to Milly and living in Portsmouth at the time of his death. He is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

Anquetil Philip Norman

The attack at Vimy Ridge on 9 April 1917 claimed a number of Jerseymen’s lives while fighting with the Canadians. One of these men was Anquetil Philip Norman, an acting Major with the 7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment). The son of Francis and Anne Norman of Jersey and husband of Maud A Norman, of 1 Ricardo Villa, Samares, he was 33 when he was killed in action. He was buried in the Arras Road Cemetery, Rolincourt.

Ernest Alexander Vallois

One of the Jersey Overseas Contingent, Ernest Alexander Vallois, died on 20 April 1916, aged 34. He was a Rifleman with the 7th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Originally a member of 3rd Battalion Militia, he died after being wounded by a shell on 19 April. He is buried in Bethune Town Cemetery, and was the son of Frank and Elizabeth Vallois, of 2 Beachleigh Lodge, Greve d'Azette, St Clement.

Alfred George Richomme

Alfred Richomme was just six weeks from surviving the war when he was killed in action on 30 September 1918. He was the son of Peter Joseph and Pelagie Richomme, of Ivy Lodge, Longueville, Grouville. He was a private with the 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment, having joined up in 1917. He was 34 when he died during an attack on Levergies, France, and is buried in the Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery, after having initially been buried in the British Cemetery at St Helene, near St Quentin.