Clement Martin Maidment
Surname: Maidment
Other names: Clement Martin
Locations in this story: Semley, WiltshireSt. Leonard's Church, SemleyKnipe's Farm, Semley, WiltshireIndiaDorchesterSedgehill, Wiltshire
Story: Clement Martin Maidment was born in Sedgehill, Wiltshire, in 1897 and baptised there on 23 May 1897. He was the son of Thomas Clement Maidment and Ella Grace Maidment (née Flint). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as an Errand Boy and living at Knipe's Farm, Semley, Wiltshire.
He enlisted in Dorchester on 8th September, 1914, as a Private in the 1st/4th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 200907). He was posted to India from 9th October 1914 to 26th February 1917, when he joined the Middle East Expeditionary Force in Mesopotamia, and was wounded by shrapnel on 26th September 1917. He was returned to India on 21st December 1917, where he was hospitalized and then repatriated to the UK on 5th January 1918 and received further treatment but, on assessment, was declared unfit for further duty as his left arm was severely withered and discharged on 16th September 1918 and awarded the Silver War Badge No. B2417.
His pension, though shortlived, was equivalent £1.37p. per week. He died at home on 11th November 1918, and was buried in the north-west corner of St. Leonard's Churchyard. He was awarded the Victory and British War Medals. He is remembered on the Semley War Memorial in St. Leonard's churchyard and on the Roll of Honour inside the church. His name was also included on the Baptist Chapel plaque, now displayed in the church. His brother, Denis Hugh Maidment, also served but survived.
He enlisted in Dorchester on 8th September, 1914, as a Private in the 1st/4th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 200907). He was posted to India from 9th October 1914 to 26th February 1917, when he joined the Middle East Expeditionary Force in Mesopotamia, and was wounded by shrapnel on 26th September 1917. He was returned to India on 21st December 1917, where he was hospitalized and then repatriated to the UK on 5th January 1918 and received further treatment but, on assessment, was declared unfit for further duty as his left arm was severely withered and discharged on 16th September 1918 and awarded the Silver War Badge No. B2417.
His pension, though shortlived, was equivalent £1.37p. per week. He died at home on 11th November 1918, and was buried in the north-west corner of St. Leonard's Churchyard. He was awarded the Victory and British War Medals. He is remembered on the Semley War Memorial in St. Leonard's churchyard and on the Roll of Honour inside the church. His name was also included on the Baptist Chapel plaque, now displayed in the church. His brother, Denis Hugh Maidment, also served but survived.
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Links to related web content / sources: Commonwealth War Graves CommissionThe National ArchivesDennis Hugh Maidment
