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Clement Jackson was born in April 1893 at Huddersfield and was educated at the Central Higher School, Sheffield, and at Sheffield University. He served in the Great War with the Inns of Court Regiment in 1915 and the Royal Artillery from 1915-19. He rose to the rank of Captain and was awarded the Military Cross in 1917. He married Miss Gladys West in June 1918 at Sheffield. In 1922 he was appointed the General manager and Engineer at Keighley Corporation Transport. He filled a similar position for Oldham Corporation Transport in 1925 prior to being appointed as General Manager and Engineer of the Plymouth City Transport Department in October 1929. He was the youngest candidate for the post, being 36-years-old at the time. In 1940 he was elected as President of the Municipal Passenger Transport Association and and was Vice President in 1939-40 of the Municipal Tramways and Transport Association. His service spanned the 1930s, when he oversaw the transition from trams to motor bus services, and the Second World War, when he had damaged vehicles and ever changing routing problems caused by the bombing to cope with. After the War he had to cater for the growing communities on the outlying estates. He was a Chartered Engineer, a Member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers and a Member of the Institute of Transport. After a short illness, Mr Clement Jackson died in hospital on Wednesday March 23rd 1955 at the age of 61. He was survived by his widow and a daughter.
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