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VC498 John James Clements
BORN 19 June 1872
DIED 18 June 1937 AGE 64
VC Won 24 February 1901 AGE 28
Place VC Won Near Strijdenburg (Also Stvdenburg)
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name John James Clements No.
VC Issue No. 498 Awards VC
Regiment Rimington's Guides
Later Damants Horse
Now Disbanded
Rank VC Won Corporal
Rank End Of Career Sergeant
Place Of Birth Middelburg, Cape Colony, South Africa
Place Of Death Newcastle, Natal, South Africa
Buried/Location Ashes Town Cemetery, Hardwick Street, Newcastle, Kwazulu- Natal, South Africa
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Dutch Reform Church Section
Gazetted 4 June 1901
VC Presented 1 July 1902, Prince of Wales (later King George V), Horse Guards Parade, London, England
Memorials
Headstone, Town Cemetery, Hardwick Street, Newcastle, Kwazulu- Natal, South Africa
By The Way…
The regiment started out as Rimmington Guides after their commander, later when Rimmington left they became known as, Damants Horse
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
