Clement Crisp

A Private with the 11th Battalion, Clement died on 3rd of April 1917 at the age of 32. 

Clement was born at Griston, near Watton, in 1884, a son of Henry and Martha Crisp. He was baptised at Griston on 9 November 1884.

In 1901 his family were living at White House Cottages, Carlton Colville, and Clement was a carter on a farm. By 1911 they were living at Beccles Road, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, and Clement worked as a drift net fisherman.

Clement served with the 11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. From 1 to 6 April 1917 the 11th Battalion were in Saint Nicholas and Saint Catherine's billets at Arras, but from 2 April to 6 April the Battalion had to provide working parties to take trench mortar ammunition up to the front line and to cut wire in front of the British trenches. The Battalion War Diary does not mention any casualties for 3 April 1917, be we do know this this is when Clement was killed in action.