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Family NameVillar
Christian NamesClement John
Date of Birth 
Date of Death9/19/1918 12:00:00 AM
Additional NotesBorn: Spring 1895 Place of Birth: 11, Hearn Street, Newport
Date of Marriage 
Who they married 
Got Married at Blank
OccupationApprenticed at the engineering works of Messrs.J.S. White and Co Ltd
Children
Address(1911) 11, Hearn Street, Newport
Brief Service Description"July 31 1915: Sergeant May 12.1917: Company Sergeant Major Sep 18 1918: Captain"
Rank Army - N - Captain
Service Number1189
Service DetailNO 1189 B Company in the PRINCESS BEATRICE RIFLES 8th BATTALION, THE HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
Awards
killed In Action?
Detail of How they Died"""Killed by a sniper during an attack in Palestine. Commemorated: War Memorial in St Thomas square in Newport. Drill Hall in Drill Hall Road in Newport Chapel at Carisbrooke Castle."""
Sources"County Record Office Isle of Wight County Press archive"
researchersPhilip Cave: 2014
Date Of ResearchJan 2015
Is School Report?
Area Newport
Place of Birth Newport
Mother's Name
Father's Name
School Newport Secondary School
Which Service? Army
Where were they commemorated? War Memorial in St Thomas square in Newport

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