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Sapper CHARLES WILLIAM CLIFTON

Service Number: 140606
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

82nd Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 18 November 1916

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL

XI. E. 10.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Agnes Clifton, of London; husband of Lydia Ellen Clifton, of 5, Holyoak Rd., Newington Butts, Kennington, London.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS ALL FOR FREEDOM
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Buried or commemorated at

CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1288
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