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Private, 24602, 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers.

Clement was one of the three children of Sidney and Sarah Jagger, of 197, Burnley Road, Colne, Lancashire.

He was employed as a clothlooker at Messrs E and P Riley’s, Ltd., Colne. He was formerly connected with the Colne Mayor’s Own Boy Scouts, and had qualified as a King’s Scout. He was also a worker at St John Street Mission Church in the town.

He enlisted in December 1914 as 57090, Royal Field Artillery, afterwards transferring to the South Wales Borderers as a signaller and went to France with them on 26th December 1915.

Clement Jagger died on 8th September 1916, aged 19, during an attack in High Wood.

Sergeant B. Pratten wrote to Clement’s mother regarding his death,

…It is with the deepest regret, I write to inform you of the death of your son, on the 9th September. He was killed instantly by a shell, and suffered no pain. His comrades in the Machine Gun Section and myself deeply regret his loss, and we assure you that our deepest sympathies are with you. He was a good and a brave soldier, and his name has been brought before the higher authorities for bravery, and would no doubt, if he had lived, have received recognition…

Lance Corporal T. Woodman, also writing to Clement’s mother said,

…He has been my working partner ever since he joined the signallers. He was well liked by all his comrades. He was by my side when he got killed. The shell buried us all and I was lucky to escape…