Clement was born in Bakewell, Derbyshire and is the son of Herbert and Ellen Stevens.  He was working as a farm labourer in 1911 and was then employed as a gardener at Lady Manners School House prior to enlisting.  

Clement was wounded several times including receiving a bullet through his thigh in July 1917, when he was sent to hospital in Newcastle.  He had previously been wounded in the thigh by shrapnel in December 1916.  He was awarded the Military Medal for his gallantry (London Gazette 14.5.1919) but was sadly Killed in Action on 18th September 1918, aged 25 years, on the outskirts of Holnon Village, Northern France, during a major advance when attacking the Quadrilateral.