Site Home
This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this site you agree to accept cookies.
If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation.
Great War Home
Search
Add Stories & Photos
Library
Help & FAQs
Features
Allied Army
Day by Day
RFC & RAF
Prisoners of War
War at Sea
Training for War
The Battles
Those Who Served
Hospitals
Civilian Service
Women at War
The War Effort
Central Powers Army
Central Powers Navy
Imperial Air Service
Library
World War Two
Submissions
Add Stories & Photos
Time Capsule
Information
Help & FAQs
Glossary
Our Facebook Page
Volunteering
News
Events
Contact us
Great War Books
About
213701RSM James McClymont DCM.
British Army 9th Battalion Royal Sussex
from:Graveley, Hertfordshire
james McClymont as chauffeur to Lord Jowett.
My grandfather,James McClymont, joined the 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment in Chichester on the 7th September 1914, aged 23 yrs and 4 months. His occupation was motor mechanic and before war broke out he was working as the Chauffeur to Lord Jowett. As some of his documentation was partially burnt during WW2, there is only sparse information about him. He served in France and Belgium, and took part in nearly all the engagements. He was awarded the Distingiushed Conduct medal in 1919, the announcement appeared in the London Gazette dated 15/5/1919.He was a very quiet man, and would never talk about the war, even to his family. We do know that he went back to visit Ypres after the war,(and the memorial on the Menin Gate), where he and his two brothers had fought. All three brothers survived the war, although James' brother John, died at an early age, probably due to being gassed on 17/4/1918.
Additional Information:
Subsequently in peacetime he had a sad life with tragic bereavements but was a much loved Grandfather.Sally Hawkins
Related Content:
Can you help us to add to our records?
The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them
Did your relative live through the Great War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial?
If so please let us know.
Do you know the location of a Great War "Roll of Honour?"We are very keen to track down these often forgotten documents and obtain photographs and transcriptions of the names recorded so that they will be available for all to remember.
Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice.
Celebrate your own Family History
Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Great War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc.
Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.
The free section of The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers.
This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources and we currently have a huge backlog of submissions.
If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small to help with the costs of keeping the site running.
Hosted by:
Copyright MCMXCIX - MMXXIV
- All Rights Reserved -We do not permit the use of any content from this website for the training of LLMs or for use in Generative AI, it also may not be scraped for the purpose of creating other websites.