Private Claude William Clifford

Army Number : 94126 formerly Sapper 212983 Royal Engineers.

Battalion : 12th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Houghton-On-The-Hill, Leicestershire and lived at Little Bowden, Northamptonshire. . Son of Thomas Bird Clifford and Elizabeth Clifford, of Houghton-On-The-Hill, Leicester; Husband of Susan Ann Clifford, of 39, Granville Street, Market Harborough, Leicestershire. He was a carpenter and joiner prior to enlisting 9th November 1916 at Market Harborough. He was transferred to the 12th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment and went ot France 28th September 1917. He died of wounds 22nd March 1918, aged 42.

Buried : Brie British Cemetery, France. Plot 1. Row G. Grave 5.

Private Claude William Clifford is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Houghton-On-The-Hill War Memorial, Houghton-On-The-Hill, Leicestershire.
Market Harborough War Memorial, Leicestershire.
St. Hugh’s Church War memorial, Market Harborough, Leicestershire.
St. Nicholas Church War Memorial, Little Bowden, Northamptonshire.
Wyggeston Boys’ Grammar School War Memorial, Wyggeston, Leicestershire