January 1939 to April 1945 BEF to Captivity and back to Blighty

W H Clements was already a Territorial Army recruit prior to the outbreak of the war, at the time, he was working for P H Smith a reputable builder of Highgrove Street, Reading, as a Builder Decorator & Plumber, living at 24 Whitley Street with his wife Evelyn and 2 daughters Evelyn and Patricia, later his Mother in law and sister in law lived at the same address. His mother and my grand father also W H Clements originally hailed from Hailey nr Witney in Oxfordshire and was brought up in the Carpenters Arms public House along the main road. Prior to leaving for France, time was spent in th... Mehr ...