Private Albert Edward Cliff

Army Number : 305226 (formerly 1708)

Battalion : 1/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

British 15 Star, British War and Victory Medal

He was born and lived in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Son of David and Fanny Cliff, of 14, Newton Street, Mansfield. He was a Coal Miner prior to enlisting at Mansfield. He went to France 2nd March 1915 and was killed in action, 5th May 1918, aged 23, whilst serving in the trenches at Gorre, France.

Buried : Fouquieres Churchyard Extension, France. Row I. Grave 79.

Fouquieres Churchyard Extension, France.
Private Albert Edward Cliff grave

Private Albert Edward Cliff is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Peter’s Church War Memorial, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Bridge Street Methodist Church War Memorial, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.

Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.