Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Seven: Stoker Petty Officer J. H. Clements, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Indomitable at the Battle of Dogger Bank and the Battle of Jutland, and then had a long career in H.M. Submarines

1914-15 Star (K.16368, J. H. Clements, Sto. 2., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.16368 J. H. Clements. Sto. 1 R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.16368 J. H. Clements. S.P.O. H.M.S. Dolphin.) the Great War awards polished, light contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (7) £140-£180

Joseph Henry Clements was born on 8 March 1894, at Hackney, London. He commenced naval service as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Pembroke II, on 30 September 1912. He was posted to H.M.S. Indomitable on 15 February 1913, and advanced to Stoker First Class on 2 October 1913; Acting Leading Stoker, on 25 February 1916; and Leading Stoker, on 25 August 1916. He was present in H.M.S. Indomitable at the Battle of Dogger Bank and at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, where H.M.S. Indomitable damaged the German battlecruisers S.M.S. Seydlitz and S.M.S. Derfflinger. He was posted to H.M.S. Dolphin in March 1918, and was advanced to Acting Stoker Petty Officer on 1 December 1923, being confirmed in that rate on 1 December 1924. Thereafter he appears to have been serving in submarines or attached to submarine Depot ships, including H.M.S. Ambrose, H.M.S. Tamar, and H.M.S. Lucia, and is recorded as having served in H.M. Submarines, L4, L25, L27, H23, Oberon, L56, and L71, until he was appointed to H.M.S. Ceres, in 1932. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in October 1927. He was shore pensioned from H.M.S. Pembroke 2 in September 1934, but was recalled to the service in September 1939, being finally released from H.M.S. Europa in September 1945.