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Name: CHARLEWOOD, Clement James DSC, OBE (Lieut.-Commander, RNR retd.)
Birth Date: 27 Mar 1888 Chorley, Cheshire
Death Date: 26 Jan 1971 Romsey
First Date: 1914
Profession: In 1919 he became Asst. Port Officer in Zanzibar, and subsequently Port Officer. He was a keen sportsman and fond of Amateur Dramatics.
Area: Zanzibar
Married: In Williton 1919 Mary Noel Billington b. 25 Dec 1892 Fylde, d. 1970 Romsey
Children: Rosamund Ivy (1916); Audrey K. (1920); Geoffrey E. (1922); Rosamund M. (1924)
Book Reference: Gillett, Red 22, mini-Sitrep XXVIII
War Service: In several naval actions off coast in WW1
School: Newcastle-on-Tyne Preparatory School
General Information:
In 1909 he joined the British India Line. Being in Mombasa in August 1914 he was promptly called to the Colours and when the German cruiser 'Koenigsberg' engaged 'H.M.S. Pegasus' in Zanzibar roadstead, he was patrolling the entrance in a tug which was shelled at short range, forcing the crew to swim ashore. Ordered to beach the 'Pegasus', he was aboard trying to slip her cable when she overturned and sank, so for the second time that day he had to swim home. In 1914 he received the DSO for gallantry during an action in Dar-es-Salaam Harbour.
Red 25 - HMS Worcester, DSC, served in EA blockading squadron. Appointed Asst. Port Officer 1919, appointed Port Officer 1923
1939 England and Wales Register living with wife in Wimborne