Cresswell Clementi

Air Vice Marshal Cresswell Montagu Clementi was a senior Royal Air Force 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. 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 in 1940 and had three children:

Christopher Pelham Clementi
Nancy Clementi – married Peter Lambert Tribe in 1972
Sir David Clementi – British banker, formerly chairman of Prudential plc.