Private Cecil Henry Cliffe

Army Number : 3182

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

Born in Basford, Nottingham and lived in Newark, Nottinghamshire. Son of William J and Fanny Cliffe, of 74 Victoria Street, Newark. He was a basket maker prior to enlisting on 17th November 1914 at Newark. He went to France on 28th June 1915 and was killed in action, 2nd December 1915, whilst in the trenches near Vielle Chapelle, France.

Buried : St. Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’Avoue, France. Plot 2. Row F Grave 2.

St. Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'avoue, France.

Private Cecil Henry Cliffe is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Marys Church Borough of Newark, Roll of Honour, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
Christ Church War Memorial, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
Newark Cemetery War Memorial, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.

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