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Cresswell Clementi

Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal (1918-1981)

Summary

Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal (1918-1981)

Field	Value
name	Cresswell Clementi
honorific_suffix
birth_date
death_date
birth_place	British Guiana
allegiance	United Kingdom
branch
serviceyears	1938–1974
rank	Air Vice Marshal
commands	No. 214 Squadron (1946–1948)
RAF Bassingbourn (1958–1961)
No. 19 Group (1968–1969)
battles	Second World War
awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Mentioned in Despatches
spouse
children
relations	Cecil Clementi (father)
Marie Penelope Rose Eyres (mother)
website

RAF Bassingbourn (1958–1961) No. 19 Group (1968–1969) Commander of the Order of the British Empire Mentioned in Despatches Marie Penelope Rose Eyres (mother) Air Vice Marshal Cresswell Montagu Clementi (30 December 1918 – 26 August 1981) was a senior Royal Air Force (RAF) commander.

Background

Clementi was the son of Cecil Clementi and Marie Penelope Rose Eyres. He was born on 20 December 1918 in British Guiana during his father's posting there as Colonial Secretary (1913–1922). He joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1939, and was granted a permanent commission in the RAF in 1946. He attended the British nuclear tests in 1958 at Christmas Island. He retired in 1974. He was Master of the Mercers' Company in 1977.

He was on the governing body of Abingdon School from 1979 to 1981.

Family

Clementi married Susan Pelham (1918–2006) in 1940 and had three children:

Christopher Pelham Clementi (1943–2024)
Nancy Clementi (1946–) – married Peter Lambert Tribe in 1972
Sir David Clementi (1949–) – British banker, formerly chairman of Prudential plc.

References

"Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900–1975". King's College London.
"Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation AVM C M Clementi". RAF.
"Letter from the Headmaster". The Abingdonian.
(2024-05-20). "Christopher P Clementi (H 57-60)". The Bradfield Society.

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