Frederick Charles Clench was an Able Seaman of the Titanic. He survived the sinking. He was born in Southampton, Hampshire, England on September 29th, 1878 and was baptized on December 29th that same year in Saint James' Church, Southampton. He was the son of Frederick Clench (1856-1882), a general labourer, and Sarah Mullett (1853-?). His father was native to Southampton and his mother to Poole, Dorset and they had married in 1877. Fredrick had one brother named George James (b. 1881). Frederick Clench returned to Southampton; his brother George had been lost in the sinking.