Clench, John Edwin



Name wrongly given as J C rather than J E in this report in the Toronto Telegram, August 1916.

FROM ENGLAND "My father came to Canada three years ago from Bournemouth, Eng- land, and he went back with his Battalion in March. "I've a step-brother in the navy J. C. Clench. He's twenty-six, and he's been there six years. Just now he's leading stoker in a naval bar- rcks. He's served on the Weymouth, the Eclipse and the Fearless. the Fearless is one of the large boats," he added with a touch of pride. "That's quite a number of you serving for "King and Country", said the reporter. "Your family seems to be doing more than its 'bit.'" "I have a brother-in-law at the front, too, Walter Blair. He's with the transport."


 * 1) HMS Fearless Crew List (Photographs)
 * 2) HMS Fearless Crew List (updated in Real-time)