Col. John /Clementi/ MERRIS O.B.E.
- Born: 27 Sep 1877, Allahabad, West Bengal, India
- Christened: 30 Oct 1877, Allahabad, West Bengal, India
- Marriage (1): Augusta Mildred Warren GRAHAM (Cushla) on 11 Nov 1907 in The Cathedral, Rangoon, India 1
- Died: Mar 1942, Aldershot, Hampshire, England aged 64 2
Another name for John was Col. John MERRIS.
General Notes:
Census 1891:
Fulham, London Class: RG12; Piece: 45; Folio 96; Page 16; GSU roll: 6095155.
Montague Clementi (52), Isabel (40), John (13) & Lochart (9)
Indian Army List, 1st January, 1912
Surname: Clementi
Given Name: John
Birth Date: 27 Sep 77
First Comm: 8 Sep 97
Date Rank: 8 Sep 06
RANK: Captain
COMPANY: British Officers of the Indian Army
REMARKS: Guides
Page #: 125
Notes for John Clementi from David Strange [david.strange@tiscali.co.uk]
Much of this started off being speculative, starting with Mildred's married name of Clementi, but is now confirmed as accurate.
Born 27th September 1877 and baptised 30th October 1877 at Allahabad Garrison. His father Montagu Clementi was a Captain, Bengal Staff Corps.
Source - 1891 Census for 1, Mornington Avenue, Fulham, showing a John Clementi born c1877 in India, son of Montagu Clementi, retired Colonel H M Service (India).
LONDON GAZETTE, APRIL 27, 1900.
To be Lieutenants.
Lieutenant John Clementi, from the Hampshire Regiment. Dated 14th December, 1899, but to rank from 7th December, 1898.
1907: marriage certificate shows him living at Mogok.
The Indian Army Quarterly List 1912, page 599, shows J Clementi made Captain 9th July 1905, Company: Burma, remarks: Comdt., Mily. Police -- So.Shan States Bn., Taunggyi.
The Indian Army Quarterly List 1912, also shows John Clementi, dob 27th September 1877, first commission 8th September 1897, made Captain 8th September 1906. Company: British Officers of the Indian Army, remarks: Guides. (page 125).
London Gazette Issue 29333 published on the 19 October 1915
INDIAN ARMY
Captains to be Majors.
Dated 8th September, 1915.
John Clementi, Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides (Frontier Force) (Lumsden's).
London Gazette Issue 31547 published on the 9 September 1919
War Office,
12th September, 1919.
The KING has been graciously pleased to approve of the undermentioned rewards for valuable services rendered in connection with the War in India. Dated 3rd June, 1919:
To be Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel. (On Retired List, Reserve of Officers, Special Reserve, New Army, or Territorial Force, in the case of Officers belonging to these categories, as applicable.)
Maj. (A./Lt.-Col.) J. Clementi, Corps of Guides, F.F., I.A.
London Gazette Issue 33222 published on the 19 November 1926:
Col. J. Clementi, O.B.E., I.A., is placed on the unemployed list, 19th Sept. 1926.
London Gazette Issue 34214 published on the 29 October 1935.
I, JOHN MERRIS, a Colonel (Retired) in the Indian Army, of Platt Croft, Avenue Road, Fleet, Hants, a natural born British subject, heretofore called and known by the name of John Clementi, hereby give notice that I have renounced and abandoned the name of John Clementi and that I have assumed and intend henceforth on all occasions whatsoever and at all times to sign and use and to be called and known by the name of John Merris, in lieu of and in substitution for my former name of John Clementi; and I also hereby give notice that such change of name is formally declared and evidenced by a deed poll under my hand and seal dated the eighteenth day of October, one thousand nino hundred and thirty-five, duly executed and attested, and that such deed poll was enrolled in the Central Office of the Supreme Court of Judicature on tihe 22nd day of October, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five.
Dated this 25th day of October, 1935.
JOHN MERRIS, formerly John Clementi.
London Gazette Issue 34442 published on the 8 October 1937.
INDIAN REGULAR RESERVE OF OFFICERS.
The undermentioned officers, having attained the age limit of liability to recall, cease to belong to the Reserve: Col. J. Merris, O.B.E., 27th Sept. 1937.
MARRIAGE:
Married in Rangoon Cathedral by Rev J H Collins, Chaplain. Witness were A B Huddleston, May Huddleston and R W Macdonald
Arrive in London from Bombay aboard "Margha" 20 Nov 1922: John Clementi (45), Augusta Clementi (44), Kenneth Clementi (7) and Patricia Clementi (2)
John married Augusta Mildred Warren GRAHAM (Cushla), daughter of Col. Robert Blackall GRAHAM and Mary Jane Nevile WYATT, on 11 Nov 1907 in The Cathedral, Rangoon, India.1 (Augusta Mildred Warren GRAHAM (Cushla) was born on 9 Oct 1878 in Cheltenham, Gloucester, England 3 and died in Jun 1969 in Aldershot, Hampshire, England 4.)
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