Richard Harrington (Dick) Clemitson^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1905 - 1987  (82 years)

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• Name	Richard Harrington (Dick) Clemitson
  Birth	1 Mar 1905	Vryburg,Cape,South Africa.,   [6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Nov 1987	Durban,Kwazulu-Natal,South Africa.,
  Burial	Stellawood Cemetary,Durban,Natal,South Africa
  		Clemitson Memorial, Stellawood Cemetery, Durban _TYPE: PHOTO
  Person ID	I560	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2026 | Edit

  
  

  Father	Richard Lough Clemitson,   b. 15 Jan 1873, Bishop Auckland,County Durham,England., d. 23 Feb 1949, Durban,Kwazulu-Natal,South Africa., (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Louisa Fillmore,   b. 6 Apr 1877, Greys,Essex,England., d. 16 Sep 1969, Durban,Kwazulu-Natal,South Africa., (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	13 Nov 1895	St. Lukes Church Salt River Cape Town South Africa,   [8]
  	ANNOUNCEMENT OF MARRIAGE /NEWSPAPER CUTTING 1895/MARRIAGE/1945 MARRIAGE CLEMITSON - FILLMORE On November 13 at St. Luke's Church, Salt River, by the Rev. Taylor, RICHARD LOUGH CLEMITSON to LOUISA FILLMORE. Maude (Louisa's Sister) and Ethel (Richard's sister) were bridesmaids
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary (Bobby) Edith Richards,   b. 31 Jan 1904, Pretoria,,South Africa d. 20 May 1980, Harare,Zimbabwe., (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	30 Sep 1927	St Alban's,Pretoria,,South Africa   [9, 10]
  	_HTITL: Husband _WTITL: Wife
  Divorce	14 Feb 1935	Cape Town,,South Africa   [9]
  Children	1. Meredith Winifred Cloete,   b. 5 Oct 1929, ,,South Africa., d. 2010, Adelaide,South Australia, (Age 80 years)   2. Harrington Roy Cloete,   b. 24 Apr 1934, ,,South Africa., d. 21 May 1993 (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F190	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2021 | Edit

  
  

  Family 2	Dorothy (Dolly) McKitric,   b. 10 Oct 1899, ,,South Africa., d. 23 Apr 1986, Durban,Kwazulu-Natal,South Africa., (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	27 Nov 1937
  Children	1. Joyce Clemitson,   b. 17 Oct 1940, Durban,Kwazulu-Natal,South Africa., (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F225	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2020 | Edit

  
  

• Photos

  Dick and Ernest Clemitson _TYPE: PHOTO

  
  

• Notes

  PRIVATE On Dec 28, 1911 he came fifth (at the age of just 7) in the Boys 7-9 race at the annual Railways picnic in Mafeking! Dick Clemitson qualified as a fitter - during the war he worked on ships guns in Durban, as was classified medically unfit for service. It seems he went to Bahrain after the war together with his second wife Dolly and their young daughter Joyce (born in 1940) This is what her book has to say about Dick Clemitson and Bahrain: 1944: "In May, 1944, Dick sailed for his new job at Bahrain Island, Persian Gulf" 1947: "There is a special event ...and that was Dick, Dolly and Joyce coming home to the Union [of South Africa] on their three months holiday, a month of which they spent in Durban, in an hotel very near to us" 1949: "During this month, May 1949, I have altered the flat as Dick has suggested Dolly bringing Joyce home to the Union to go to school here" 1950: "Dolly and Joyce arriving here to live with me on January 15th (Dad's birthday). Joyce is just the same - taller, and of course, more grown-up. She started school at Addington and seems very happy there and they are both settled in my flat." "Dick arrived in Durban on his long leave" "We had lots of outings and lots of fun and pleasure while Dick was here and the year just flew by. Now they are in Bulawayo, waiting to leave for Bahrain Island again." 1952: "In the last letter from Dick, he is full of his home-coming next year. They are traveling in the new comet Air Line. How they have traveled! This time they are coming via Ceylon." 1953: "This August 1953. Dick and Dolly have been and gone and the time went so quickly as they had so much to do, fixing up Joyce and a girl-friend of Joyce's from the Island, who are at boarding school at Kloof together." There is no information about when he left Bahrain or who he worked for.

  
  

• Sources

  [S214] Godfrey Clemitson, (January 2006). [S41] Information provided by Godfrey Clemitson, January 2006. [S973] Information provided by Godfrey Clemitson, January 2006. [S3] Information provided by Godfrey Clemitson, (Correspondence with Godfrey Clemitson, January 2006). [S1040] Information provided by Godfrey Clemitson, (Correspondence with Godfrey Clemitson, January 2006). [S20] Information from Ethne Hall. [S1041] Birthday Book belonging to Daisy Macpherson born Clemitson, ((formerly belonged to Louisa Clemitson. Some entries in Louisa's hand, some in Daisy's hand). Ian van Zyl, private collection), entry for February 28 (Reliability: 3). [S1363] South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973, (familysearch.org), 1895 R L Clemitson and L Fillmore (Reliability: 3). [S38] Tom Tyrrell, email from Tom Tyrrell, Nov 26, 2013. [S222] South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004, Pretoria, St Alban the Martyr. Marriage Richard Clemitson and Mary Edith Richards (Reliability: 3).