Orders, Decorations and Medals

Five: Chief Shipwright 2nd Class J. W. Clemett, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (M.6738 Shpt. 1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.6738 Shpt. 1 R.N.); Coronation 1953, unnamed; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (M.6738 Shpt., 1, H.M.S. Kent) mounted as worn, fine and better (5)
£100-140

John William Clemett was born in Portsmouth on 14 October 1891. Employed as a Shipwright at H.M. Dockyard, he enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Shipwright 2nd Class on 20 October 1913. He served on the repair ship H.M.S. Cyclops, January 1914-August 1915, after which he served on the light cruiser Calliope, September 1915-September 1917. The vessel was flagship of the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron at the battle of Jutland, 31 May / 1 June 1916 and was damaged in the action. In March 1917 he was rated as a Shipwright 1st Class. He then served at Pembroke II, September-November 1917 and then the depot ship Crescent, November 1917-June 1920 where he was rated as a Shipwright 2nd Class in October 1918. Serving on the destroyer Stuart, April 1921-July 1923 he regained his 1st Class rating once more in March 1922. Serving on the heavy cruiser Kent, from June 1928, he gained the rank of Chief Shipwright 2nd Class in October 1928 and the L.S. & G.C. Medal in November 1928. With copied service paper and service notes.